how much is the living cost in Sydney , Australia ? here is the answer for 2018

Hi Guys , welcome to my blog . 

from this post you will know what will you need and how much you will spend if you come to australia either for studying or holiday .

First of all , SYDNEY is the state capital city of NSW ( New South Wales ) which is the most popular city in Australia , Melbourne comes second , Brisbane and Perth come third and fourth. Sydney will be the first option of most of the student since the well-known freedom life and high wages of working . But there are many thing you need to know before you decide to come here .

Second thing you must be wondering how to get here or what are the option to come to Australia . well , there are many ways to come here . Depends on what you want to do in here .

For Holiday you can come using Tourist Visa , and studying will need Student Visa , Working will need Working holiday Visa , etc.. You can check all of the information from this link https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/ . One more thing you need to know before applying for the visa , you need to have money on your bank as deposit to proof that you will have enough money while staying in Australia from $5000 - $60000 or more depend on the type of the visa you applying for . 

Well , based on my experience as a student on my second visa in Sydney i will share with you how much is the living cost in here .

first main living cost is Rent . Normally student from overseas will want to save money for the first few months so they will live in a sharing apartment which is normally has 7-15 people in the unit and the price will be around $110-$135 for sharing room with 3-5 people in a room with minimum 3 months stay as the rule .  When they earned more money they will move out and try to find the better place to live either live by themselves or with partner ( girlfriend or boyfriend ) which is will cost $180-$300/person or $180-$450 for two people . 

second living cost is Prepaid Phone data usage which is cost $30-$50 permonth , if you have student visa then you can apply for red-plan from vodafone or optus and you can chose the latest phone you want and the bill will be deducted directly from your bank and you need passport and visa to apply for this . 

third living cost is food . they all have different price and roughly it will cost $6-$12 for a sandwich , $15-$30 a bowl of Pasta , $12 for two choice of asian food , $4 for large coffee , $3 for for a bottle of water , $6 a scoop of ice cream , $10-$20 a burger . The best way to save money for food is cook at home , shopping the groceries can be done at Paddys Market , Thaikee , Miracle , Coles or Woolworth . 

fourth living cost is Opal Card as a travel card that you will need if you want to take bus or train to any destination including to or from airport which will cost around $16 per trip / perperson and for other destination except airport will be around $2-$4 pertrip and free for transfer trip and sunday . 

fifth living cost is shopping , you may need to spare more money for shopping since you will find all the expensive brand store all around city especially near MYER , David Jones , Martin Place etc.. But i will give you a tips to shop without need to spend so much money on first payment but instead your bill will be devided to 4 and pay it up to 6 weeks by using afterpay. You can download and sign up using valid phone and bank account .

thats all guys . thanks for visiting my blog and let me know if you have any questions . goodday mate !