[OC] Australien vs. Kanada: Vergleich der Wohn- und Nahrungsmittelbelastung in Großstädten
Von shirayuki653
[OC] Australien vs. Kanada: Vergleich der Wohn- und Nahrungsmittelbelastung in Großstädten
Von shirayuki653
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This is Part 5 of the USI series and covers Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. The additional part covering Eastern and Southern Europe is on the way as well.
Data sources:
**Income:**
• Statistics Canada – Distribution of employment income of individuals by sex and work activity (All persons with employment income, 2023 constant dollars), adjusted using the CPI from the Bank of Canada (2023-05 to 2025-05 alignment)
• Average Weekly Earnings – May 2025 (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
• Median Weekly Earnings – Stats NZ
**Rentals:**
• Rentals.ca (one-bedroom apartments, Canada)
• Domain Rental Report – September 2025 (Australia), with adjustments
• Market Rent – Tenancy Services (New Zealand)
**Food:**
• Simplified essential consumption proxy from Numbeo
Index definition:
USI = Housing burden + Essential food share (% of gross income)
Housing burden = median 1BR rent / median gross income
Food share = simplified essential consumption proxy
Both components are shown separately for transparency.
Tools: Pandas for data handling and Canva for data visualisation
Previous US & Canada post:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1qxkama/oc_comparing_rent_and_food_burden_across_major/](https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1qxkama/oc_comparing_rent_and_food_burden_across_major/)
This is interesting! I’d love to see the city names colored according to country – that would make it easier to read at a glance.
Why are Canadian cities so expensive?
The category names on the first graph need to be changed.
This is interesting. I’m also curious why Canada seems to be so much more expensive? I thought that Sydney would be closer to Toronto in terms of things like rent. Instinctively, it seems a little bit off, but I’m not saying it’s wrong.
Regarding Sydney and Vancouver, are these statistics covering the entire regional area, or just the city proper? I was in Sydney recently and I got the impression that is seemed significantly more expensive than Vancouver, but if it is comparing only City to City, then it’s understandable because City of Vancouver is actually quite tiny with an ultra dense population.
Poorest capital in Canada, of course Halifax is so expensive.
As a Haligonian, please send help haha.
But yeah, I’ve been looking for jobs in the field I’m graduating in soon and it’s depressing comparing tech wages here vs American cities
I love the color scheme, but disagree with the ordering.
GTA GVA GMA or just cities proper?
Ajax and Laval are definitely cheaper, not current on Vancouver
I always tell Australians who talk about high cost of living, that Canada has it worse.
Flying domestically in Australia is so inexpensive compared to Canada. Phone plans are significantly less. We also don’t have discount grocery stores like Aldi that Australia has.
Minimum Wage Sydney: $24.95
Minimum Wage Toronto: $17.60
Nice! But is this a new category like titles without New Zealand?
Immigration has nothing to do with extreme cost of housing. Just pure government mis-management plain and simple. Housing has been used as an investment vehicle for years with all new dwellings built with investors in mind rather than the people who actually need to live here. Housing has been in short supply with fewer and fewer new housing starts every year. All government policy has been focused on allowing Canadians to take on more debt rather than address the root cause of this „crisis“, which is a simple supply and demand issue. Pointless government bureaucracy and little to no incentive for housing developers to build actual single family dwellings has put Canada in this mess with no hope in sight for relief.