richselina Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Hi, I'm trying to calculate the average monthly household expenses and would really appreciate some guidance from fellow users who have already settled in Australia. We are a family of 3 (2 adults and 6 y/o) and will be moving to Canberra later this year and really would like to find out the average monthly costs of: Broadband & Phone (incl average calls to UK) House Insurance (we will be buying a 4 bed house about $600K) Car Insurance & Tax (for a regular SUV/Family car) Fuel Costs (average usage) Average shopping/food costs Any other things I already have rates/land/main house costs, so it's just mainly all the living costs. All help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Richard & Selina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabo Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 See below. Cheers.:wubclub: Hi, I'm trying to calculate the average monthly household expenses and would really appreciate some guidance from fellow users who have already settled in Australia. We are a family of 3 (2 adults and 6 y/o) and will be moving to Canberra later this year and really would like to find out the average monthly costs of: Broadband & Phone (incl average calls to UK) - our plan is $100 pm House Insurance (we will be buying a 4 bed house about $600K) - we pay around $1400pa Car Insurance & Tax (for a regular SUV/Family car) - reckon on about $1500-2000 pa per car for rego, CTP and proper comp insurance Fuel Costs (average usage) - 14,000 km at 10l/100km is 1400 litres of fuel or around $2100 pa. Also see http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/household/134509-household-bills.html Average shopping/food costs - ours (family of 5) is around $250 pw Any other things - health insurance, dental charges, school uniforms, school 'fees', sport subscriptions/uniforms etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fashionably Late Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Broadband & Phone (incl average calls to UK) We pay $109 a month for a plan with Optus House Insurance (we will be buying a 4 bed house about $600K) We rent and our renters insurance is $40 a month Car Insurance & Tax (for a regular SUV/Family car) Our car tax was included with our car purchase and our car insurance is $76 a month Fuel Costs (average usage) It costs me about $88 to fill up my SUV and lasts me about a week for normal usage Average shopping/food costs About $1000 a month Any other things Our health insurance is $273.50 a month for our family of 5. Foxtel is $76 a month. I already have rates/land/main house costs, so it's just mainly all the living costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 We use Skype to call the family in Aus. Bonus of having a video chat with it so you get to see them while chatting Saves on calls, which are dirt cheap if on friends and family anyways, but still, the vid is a nice aspect. You will be able to Skype from Aus to the UK also so could save on phone calls there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 We were a family of two, living mortgage free and without too many costly vices paying everything on credit card - my average credit card bill would be around the $5k mark per month. It's the odd little things which seem to inflate every month - car rego, insurances due, dentist bill, fix the plumbing, get a tree lopped, buying an airfare somewhere, having a couple of days away - get one thing around the $1k mark each month quite easily which puts the total up, even when you think you are being frugal. Broadband and phone $100 pm (try and avoid Transact if you can, there are better deals around) Mobile x 2 $80pm Car rego $800 per car Car insurance $150 and $500 (one's a banger!) Groceries (the DH is passionately organic) $600pm Health insurance $250pm Rates $250 pm House insurance $600 pa Contents insurance $600 pa Electricity $250 pq (we have solar and wood stove which keeps it down - DH scavenges for wood otherwise $800 pa for wood) ISP $30 pm Petrol $50 pw (we use the cars much less than we used to) Parking (if you drive) $50pw in Civic at the best of times Bus (if you bus every day) $40 pw Going out for a meal every now and again $100 - 150 per time(nice restaurants) Hair cut $85 - $230 depends on whether I get colour or not Of course you can do lots of things cheaper but, quite frankly, I cant be bothered to scrimp and save only to save a couple of cents here and there and places like Aldi and Brand Depot leave me cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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