seraphim Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Hi, In your experience making the move, I'm just wondering when comparing offers what ratio do you use? Also, do you use total pay or take home pay when comparing cost of living? I.e if you took home £2k after tax would you need AU$4k in Aus after tax etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItchyFeet76 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Hi there, I always thought it was 2.4 but that could have changed... Hopefully someone will be along shortly to confirm / correct me on that ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beats123 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I'm currently looking at all this also, I'm from Bolton and due to the big difference in cost for rent or buying property in Oz, health cover which is looking quite dear, the cost of things in shops, and cost of a night out, I have used 2.5. Can rent a nice 3 bed house in outskirts of Bolton for £600 month, this for instance needs x2.5 to even start getting close to rent for a month for same type of house in outskirts of Brisbane, upwards of $1600 at least. I've noted everything down and hoping to clear at least $6k instead of £2.5k back at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrover Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 All depends where you're moving from and to. But broadly, assuming your moving to a city in aus, I would say 2 (coming from London), 2.2 (South East) up to 2.5+. We moved from London to Melbourne and find it's almost exactly 2:1. But of course London isn't cheap either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeboard1980 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 2.2-2.4 has worked going both ways for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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