Hey all

Just wondering for you guys in Aus are your household bills cheaper in Aus than they were in the UK or Ireland??

I know things are going crazy around the world at the moment with the price of oil. But here in Ireland any company that seeks a increase is getting it.

Electricity gone up 17.5% with a further increase due in the near future and gas going up 40%. Now having got a two month bill for 600 euro last winter nearly brought on a cardiac. The thoughts of that with another 40% on top. You may just **** me in the hole now my ticker or wallet will not take that

Thinking of buying a big dog to chase the postman away

Any way just thought i would ask

Thanks Paddy

electric is cheaper dont panic

Not for long. Once Australia's carbon scheme kicks off then expect all prices to rocket.

My elec is cheaper

My Gas is cheaper (but i do only have bottle gas, not main)

My water is cheaper

My rates are cheaper


EG:

Elec bill - avereage $240 every 3 months = £117 I used to pay £60 per month and still owed!

Gas - cylinders are $87 each... i used 5 last year total $435 = £216 I used to pay £85 per month


etc etc

Agree with all of that.

Pay here in dollars what I used to pay in pounds.

Council tax + water rates = 1500 pounds; Rates (includes water charges) = $1300

Same for insurance (car and home), electric, gas (bottled).

Petrol's gone up heaps since we got here, I'd say 45-50 cents a litre, about 40%, in just over a year. Around the $1.55 a litre mark.

Public transport is cheap enough, $33 for a weeks travel on the bus, which is about the most you can pay (all zones).

Dont die yet Paddy,would cost too much to cremate ya

Lol. Was thinking of doing it around bonfire night should work out cheaper then

Paddy

Electricity about $300 per quarter
Gas - use gas bottles
Rates (inc. water) - $2,000 per year
Private health - about $2,000 per year
Foxtel (cable TV) and Broadband (internet) - about $150 per month
Home phone line - about $50 per month
Mobiles - you can get away with $50 per month per mobile if you don't use it huge amounts or for business
Food shopping for two adults/two kids - about $250-300 per week
Car registration - think this is about $500 per year from memory
House and contents insurance about $90 per month
Car insurance - about $800 per year.
Schools books, uniforms and "voluntary" contributions - about $600-$1000 per year for two kids, junior school. School trips extra.
Tank full of petrol, about $80.
Don't forget to factor out of pocket medical and dental expenses into the equation also (Aus equiv of NHS only covers a percentage).

Hope that helps

Aye good idea but you'd prob get too pissed and miss the bloody fire,make an eejit of yoursel

Rates are more like $2500 per year.
Electricity $300 in winter per quarter closer to $600 in summer
Gas $600 in winter per quarter $300 in summer
Water $200 per quarter
Car insurance $900 pa (turbo)
Car rego $300 pa
Car green slip (third party insurance) $300 pa
House insurance $600 pa
Every trip to the doctor costs $52 of which medicare refunds $25or $30.
Prescription medicine $31 for stuff on the PBS more if it is not on the PBS
Dental appointment (for a 6 monthly check clean and polish) $200 per visit

IMO most everyday cost of living stuff is about the same as UK
Petrol is a bit cheaper $1.70 per litre

Average house in Canberra $480k (not flash just normal) Sydney + Perth more expensive, Adelaide, Brisbane +Melbourne a little cheaper

Mortgage rate 9.5% for a regular borrower (ie good credit rating)

Does that help?

Here is a rough breakdown of our bills both UK and Australia - monthly:



Electric $35 (at the most) in the UK we paid £80

Gas $10 in the UK we paid £20 a month

Water rates are included in rent in the UK we paid £25 a month

C/Tax none in the UK I think it was £120 a month

Health Insurance is $199 for top level cover for both of us, in the UK we had extras cover - basic and it was £80 a month.

Phone/Internet is $37, in the UK it was £40 a month

Travel works out at $30 - weekly, my travel card in the UK was £47 - weekly

We have no car, don't fancy Foxtel and obviously no TV license.

That's it I think.

Apart from our rent, everything is cheaper - for us anyway but Im sure if we had kids that would change.

Some of ours

Elec $480 for 3 months, family sized house with pool due to rise 16% at least
Rates $2200, dont know how much these will go up, 57% valuation increase
Food $320 a week 2a 2 teens
Petrol $80 is a tank 3/4 tanks a week due to work (one tradesman) plain scary Plus one bike for running around 11 a week
Free state school $1400 for books and levies another 300 for one set of uniforms thats one going into grade 10 and one into 8.
Medical insurance $2900, plus all out of pockets, docs yesterday 35 out of pocket, x ray 55 out of pocket.......
Car rego and insurance about $1000 per vehicle per year.
Bus fares for kids $800 per year
Repair bills for ute last year $2800 did a lot of klms a lot of wear and tear
House ins and contents $600
Phone line $30 per month plus calls of course, net 60, mobiles capped from 49 month

Mortage rates are about 9.5% and rent round here would be about $480 for a 4 bed house luckily we have neither cost

Yike!

I have ust had a bill for $206 for my 1st months electricity (not including connection cost- have already paid that).

We have wood burner for heating, washing machine and electic oven but just can't understand why cost is so high.....

Cathy

Bills are less, along with wages!

Swings and roundabouts.

Glad to see that someone else is paying over $450 a quarter for leccy, and over $300 pw on food!

Thought it was just us! ...

Must be the 2 teens eh!