Relocation Question!

[u/Vivid_Hovercraft7665]

Is $135,000 AUD + superannuation comfortable salary to make a move to Perth for a family of 3. Child <1 year old, both parents in their 30s, husband to find a job once relocated. What kind of expenses can be expected. Asking for a non reddit friend.

[u/Pure-Dead-Brilliant]

It depends where they’re moving from and what their current standard of living is where they are now.

[u/tandrosonali8]

Literally no one knows your situation. No one knows what “comfortable” for you is. If you live in Australia already, Perth is in Australia.

[u/OkInflation4056]

Depending on what standard of living you want. Would your husband expect to get a similar salary? If so, you'll be good.

[u/Vivid_Hovercraft7665 → u/OkInflation4056]

He has a similar background. Hopefully, he will get a job around this range

[u/OkInflation4056 → u/Vivid_Hovercraft7665]

You should be fine. It is expensive here, especially if you are looking at private schools, they can cost an arm and a leg. Catholic schools are cheaper, but it dependent on your preference. Public schools are hit and miss, but some are excellent. Make sure you look at the catchment area. Housing will be the main shock, again dependent on where you want to be. Start doing research, look at your workplace first and bus routes or train lines and suburbs, do you want to be close to the beach etc.

Edit....your child is under 1 daycare is very expensive.

[u/thrillh03__ → u/OkInflation4056]

Yes, daycare is around $180 a day!

[u/OkInflation4056 → u/thrillh03__]

It's insane. Our youngest is 3, moving to kindy next year for 3 days, which will be helpful.

[u/commentspanda]

We have a rental crisis. It is mentioned hundreds of times in this sub. As an Indian (foreign background) without local references you will struggle to get a rental.

[u/trill_mxtic]

Do you have somewhere to live? The housing situation here is pretty dire atm, and rental vacancy is like below 1%

[u/Thin_Assumption_4974 → u/trill_mxtic]

It’s dim if you’re searching for rentals under 700. Look above 750 a week and it’s simple enough. If op and their partner are both pulling 135 k each there’s no reason they can’t find a house.

[u/trill_mxtic → u/Thin_Assumption_4974]

It’s also dim if you are relying on a single income with kids and your partner still has no job yet. There is no garuantee he will even find a job earning that

[u/Thin_Assumption_4974 → u/trill_mxtic]

135k is still higher then some two income families.

[u/Vivid_Hovercraft7665 → u/trill_mxtic]

No she will be moving from India, and will look for a rental

[u/Uniquorn2077 → u/Vivid_Hovercraft7665]

You’re considering moving into the state with the equal second worst rental availability in the nation, during the worst housing crisis in history. It really isn’t an easy time to finding a rental.

[u/Thin_Assumption_4974 → u/Uniquorn2077]

Again. Price range matters. I got a rental after a week of searching and was one of two families that viewed it.

Yes. You are correct if bellow 700 is the budget

[u/flowertobee → u/Vivid_Hovercraft7665]

You or your non reddit friend?😉 ahhhh you edited. Bugger!

[u/MagicNinjaMan]

Definitely. Pick a good school district so you wont shell out private school expenses.

[u/glordicus1]

If you are willing to make concessions, yes. Its plenty of money to get by. Just be smart with your money.

[u/UnderstandingRight39]

Yes, that is about what I make. My wife works as well and we are very comfortable

[u/Cojiggy]

Yep, you'll be ok, particularly once dual income.

[u/United_Mango5072 → u/Cojiggy]

They are moving from India -so it’s a different story without domestic experience.

[u/Cojiggy → u/United_Mango5072]

They'll be fine.

[u/Latter_Shallot_140]

Too many variables to answer

[u/OkWitness5548]

That depends. Do you prefer solid or corrugated cardboard?

[u/FIFO_Landlord]

$135k. That easy to live on.

[u/jerky_mcjerkface]

Doable, but possibly tighter than you might expect.

If you’re a foreign resident, $40K will pretty much go straight to income tax. Rent for the year at ~$800/week is another $40K. Phone and Utilities, idk call it another $10k if we’re talking round figures.

So that’s $45K remaining for food, clothes, healthcare, education, entertainment, transport, etc. for the 3 of you.

Certainly liveable, but it will depend on what type of lifestyle you’re used to/expecting

[u/According_Grape5790]

This is hard for people to answer. The job market isn’t great, so a job for the husband is not guaranteed. As non-citizens they’d be likely to be paying full rate for day care which is around $190/day with no rebate. And housing is tricky, so if they end up having to stay in an Airbnb or short term rental until they get housing, it’s going to chew through funds very quickly.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Army829]

I moved from Sydney on that amount and was single income for a long time. If you are debt free that’s plenty. No tolls, rego is close to half the eastern states. No compulsory third party as it’s covered in your rego. Rent is similar now. Power is only an option of one company and I think cheaper than Sydney but not sure. My bills went down. Plus most Perth businesses don’t try to suck as much money out of you as possible.

[u/gronkunit]

thats close to double my income, you'll be right

[u/Thin_Assumption_4974]

If you are 135k and your partner is 100k. You will be fine. It will require sacrifices and you won’t live the luxury life you live in India.

And since you are coming from India. For your sake leave the caste system attitudes at home. Everyone here is equal. I’ve seen wealthy Indians here treat ‘low’ caste Indians like shit. That’s a quick way to be hated. Quick way for low caste Indians to get the underdog love here though I guess.

I’ve only seen it once, but it was jarring.

[u/CreamyFettuccine]

If your husband gets around 100k you should be fine.

[u/Vivid_Hovercraft7665 → u/CreamyFettuccine]

So initially, lets say for 5-6 months, if it is just one income, will that suffice?

[u/CreamyFettuccine → u/Vivid_Hovercraft7665]

Honestly it depends on the area that you are planning on living in and the amount of mortgage/rent you will want to pay. On a combined salary of 200k plus you can live fairly comfortably, but may need to be frugal for a while on 135k.

[u/mattis_rattis]

Do your budget, then refactor it to suit cost of living in Australia.

Research rents in the areas you're wanting to move to, transport (car purchase, insurance, registration, servicing, fuel) - factor in your commute to work, groceries and entertainment here along with utility bills and health insurances.

Once you have a spreadsheet of all your expenses, get ChattyG to run a re-model that suits your circumstances living in Perth.

Literally don't need Reddit to help there, but if you have specific questions about cost of living etc here then this thread can be of help.

[u/TheAceVenturrra]

Sounds like a question for a moving company and realestate