• Housing/ leasing: AU$ 1600 per month for a one or two-bedroom apartment, based on the information on realestate.com.au. We plan to buy a house in Perth but will only do so after we find a job so that we can apply for a mortgage;
• Costs of running the household (water, electricity, gas, phone and internet): AU$400 per month for a small apartment;
• Healthcare: AU$300 per month, as we plan to buy private health insurance;
• Car and travel: AU$350 per month;
• Food (including eating-out): AU$1000 per month;
• Sport and recreation(swimming/yoga/gym): AU$100 per month;
• Other (clothes, holiday, home improvements): AU$250 per month.