emmajane051 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Hi all just trying to get some information on average bills and food shopping costs in Townsville for a four bed house for a family of four to workout our outgoings costs. Thanks in advance. emma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveinOz Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Really hard to give you any idea on outgoings as it depends on quite a few things. e.g. House with pool House with aircon (mad not to have it) Age of kids. Will say electricity prices are pretty high and cost of living is higher than when compared to the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mae m Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 hi, i can't answer your questions directly but i can somewhat give u an idea. We just moved here as well Dec last year so we just got our first bill last week and for a month we had to pay $128. We have 2 bedroom apartment and rarely use the aircon (roughly 1-2 a day but not everyday and the lil one sleeps with us). The food and toiletries, on our first grocery we spent i think $360 but thats like two of everything considering we have nothing at all. Now we try to stick to a 100 per week budget for grocery which works but we are only 2 adults and a toddler, and hubby eats only lunch at home or sometimes not at all if he has to work early. Hope it helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmajane051 Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Thankyou all for your replies yes would Deffo have a house with air con don't really want a pool so would be without a pool as will just use my dads lol! My children will be 6 and 2. We are just trying to get an idea if I would have to work or if we would be able to manage just on hubby's wages as he would roughly be on $4170-$4680 a month. Thanks emma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmajane051 Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Thankyou so much for a idea of food shopping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveinOz Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 If you budget well you shouldn't have any problems. We pay $150 monthly for our electricity and this tends to balance out over the year with aircon etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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