AU Migrants: Pls share your weekly/monthly budget...

jmban33 · June 2018

@dee0829 I dont think may subsidy ang gov sa 457 visa

rainybrainy · July 2018

@dee0829 nasa NSW kami

rainybrainy · July 2018

@dee0829 walang subsidy yung childcare namin kase naka 457 kami =(

rainybrainy · July 2018

@Megger 2 bedroom yung unit namin sa Macquarie Park

milktea13 · July 2018

@rainybrainy san ka po mismo sa nsw? May careers ba jan for chemical engineer (process engg and EHs field)?

rainybrainy · July 2018

@milktea13 we are staying at Macquarie Park (Ryde area). Sorry, hindi ko sure if merong opportunities for chem engineers kase iba yung line of work ko. Pero ang napansin ko na ginagamit na job portal karamihan is seek or linkedin.

milktea13 · July 2018

@rainybrainy thank you

batman · July 2018

@rainybrainy

rainybrainy said:
Sharing our expenses... Family of 3 (Hubby, Wife & 4 y/o son) on a 457 visa...

- Rent including water: 470 per week (bond 1,880)
- Electricity: 550 per quarter
- Internet with phone line: 72 per month
- Mobile data plan: 60 per month
- Transpo: 440 per week (hubby & wife train and bus ride to work)
- Gas: 28 per month (use of 2 boxes of 12pcs butane for the 1 burner campfire)
- Car insurance & roadside assistance: 80 per month (for a second hand car we bought for 7,000)
- Child care: 500 per week (125 per day for 4 days for our 4 y/o son)
- Entertainment: 300 per week
- Grocery: 300 per week

wow ang mahal, kinompute ko to for monthly pumapatak 8,463 a month. family of 3 pa lang. pano kaya kami family of 4...

japsdotcom · July 2018

wolfeyez said:
hi there.
eto yung budget namen weekly since we arrived here in Oz last June..we're a family of 3 including my 5 year old son..dito kmi s queanbeyan near Canberra ACT

house rent (1bedroom unit lng muna) - 245AUD.. although mejo mahal to..usually 200-230 lng
grocery - 120-150AUD..kasama na lunchpack nmen ng wife ko s work..usually kasi wlang canteen
car mortgage pr week - 227AUD honda jazz for 28 months
gas allowance - 25AUD
child care s kaibigang pinoy pr week- 200AUD for 5 days..pag s childcare tlga 90 pr day
electricity- 130 per month during winter 2 tv, 1 ref, 1 washing machine, daily used microwave, electric stove, hot shower, plantsa once a week, di kmi nghiheater
water - free
2 mobile postpaid plan per month - 78AUD free n phone nyan iphone 4s ska galaxy nexus (vodafone)
unlimited internet with lndlyn - 59AUD per month
health insurance - 230 per month from IMAN, nka 457 p lng kc kmi..
sana makatulong..

berkkiRN · July 2018

Hello po will have my BM soon. I hope. While waiting for my contract and nomination number nag ssearch n ko magkano ba gastos if ever. Im a registered nurse and will be working in tullamore nsw, so far ang nkkita ko na ok tirhan is sa narromine, nsw. Meron po ba malapit sa narromine or dubbo that would like to share their expenses? Single po ako and planning to get a car kc wala ata train dun?? Thanks in advance

dyanisabelle · July 2018

Sharing our tipid budget (couple, no kids)

Rent: 200pw per couple (1 room in a 2br flat in southwest NSW, 30-40 mins to the city by train. We share this with 1 pinay)
Groceries: 80pw per couple (I bring baon to the office, my breakfast at work is free, my bf meanwhile has free lunch)
Utilities: so far 40 per couple (for about 45 days of stay) pa lang binayaran namin for electricity, so di ko pa sure yung budget dito. May gas at water pa.
Transpo: 40pw per person (5 days working- train and bus, saturdays for errands and taking advantage of the sunday 2.6 flat fee to go around sydney

Phone: 7pw per person (bought the Vodafone $2 prepaid sim, recharged 20 fgood for 1 yr and weekly add-on recharge of 7 for 4gb data weekly. I rarely use call and texts so this works for me)

No car as we find public transpo quite convenient pa naman. Our place is a 7min walk to the station. Home wifi is included in our rent.

We do buy some stuff for our place but when we moved in our flatmate has everything furnished so we don't really have to buy a lot.

We normally spend 20-50 every Sunday for food when we go out

our suburb has really nice cheap restaurants- meals for 10 for example.

This is our starter budget. Maybe makatulong sa mga newly arrived singles/couples like us

PMPdreamer · August 2018

@rainybrainy nag child care kana po? if yes san banda po? halos magkalapit lang tau, malapit kami sa macquarie centre and my son is 3 years old :-)

rainybrainy · August 2018

@PMPdreamer yes, nakachildcare currently yung 4 years old son ko sa Greenwood sa Olympus blgd near Macquarie Shopping Centre.

ceasarkho · August 2018

@rainybrainy magkano rin po ang childcare fees per week? thank you

TasBurrfoot · August 2018

ceasarkho said:
@rainybrainy magkano rin po ang childcare fees per week? thank you

i don't have a kid but friends say it is around $120 per day...

it is like having a mortgage.

rainybrainy · August 2018

@ceasarkho yung sa Greenwood sa Macquarie Park along Waterloo Road is around $132 per day.

mhej · August 2018

@ceasarkho Our son goes to one in the city at $160 per day. All-inclusive. 3 times a week. nakakaiyak. haha

ceasarkho · August 2018

Sobrang mahal pala.. Yes it is like paying a mortgage. Nag iisip ako if iiwan ko muna anak ko sa Pinas, daldalhin ko na lang sya sa Aus pag mg primary school na sya.

TasBurrfoot · August 2018

mhej said:
@ceasarkho Our son goes to one in the city at $160 per day. All-inclusive. 3 times a week. nakakaiyak. haha

$160/day... lupet!

More than some of our weekly mortgage amount. hehehe!

mhej · August 2018

@TasBurrfoot kaya until tumuntong ang iho namin to public school, hindi pa kami makabili ng property.

also the same reason why we're delaying having baby #2. Hindi na kaya ng konsensya ko magbayad ng $320 per day for 2 kids in childcare. lol

walawee · August 2018

tanong ko lang, nagwo-work ba misis nyo kaya nagcha-child care kayo? hindi ba mas cost effective kung si misis na lang magbantay?

mhej · August 2018

walawee said:
tanong ko lang, nagwo-work ba misis nyo kaya nagcha-child care kayo? hindi ba mas cost effective kung si misis na lang magbantay?

sa case ko, yes. Depende rin kasi yung cost-effectiveness sa type of career ng partners.

My partner earns more than me. So it isn't cost effective if she stays home kasi she brings in around 55% of the family income.

Childcare is also beneficial to the child itself. It develops their social skills, motor skills, communication skills really early on compared if nasa bahay lang 7 days a week.

agentKams · August 2018

@mhej this +1. sa iba kasi they see childcare as additional gastos or makes up the big chunk of the family budget. reason tlga namin are those you mentioned. kahit 2 days a week lang, it really made a difference.

patotoy · August 2018

@mhej
ask ko lang, kung 3x a week po, pano arrangement dun sa remaining kid 2 days?

mhej · August 2018

patotoy said:
@mhej
ask ko lang, kung 3x a week po, pano arrangement dun sa remaining kid 2 days?

I work 4 days a week lang, Fridays off at 80% remuneration of course. Me giving up 20% of my income to spend 1 whole day with our bub is worth every penny, and more. I don't think I can go back to working 5 days, tbh. hahaha.

Partner works from home on Wednesdays.

We're quite lucky with our employers.

Mas okay pa rin ang daycare vs nanny kasi sa nanny walang rebate. hehe.

patotoy · August 2018

@mhej

mhej said:

patotoy said:
@mhej
ask ko lang, kung 3x a week po, pano arrangement dun sa remaining kid 2 days?
I work 4 days a week lang, Fridays off at 80% remuneration of course. Me giving up 20% of my income to spend 1 whole day with our bub is worth every penny, and more. I don't think I can go back to working 5 days, tbh. hahaha.

Partner works from home on Wednesdays.

We're quite lucky with our employers.

Mas okay pa rin ang daycare vs nanny kasi sa nanny walang rebate. hehe.

thank you for sharing. yes, i agree, hindi lahat is about money.

PMPdreamer · September 2018

@mhej anung company and industry yan? parefer naman hehehe, ako kasi since hindi pa ko working, no child care muna. nag sign up lang ako ng occassional childcare para may mapag iwanan kung may job interviews. dinadala ko na lang sa park and libraries anak ko para maka interact ng bata, libre kasi un hehehe

mhej · September 2018

@PMPdreamer Finance/IT industry, global corporation, kaya siguro mas flexible. nakakaganda rin kasi sa branding yun. Pero, most of the companies naman in AU are flexible with parents and young families. So factor that in when you look for a job. Super important especially with younglings.

dantz15 · September 2018

@PMPdreamer it's actually by law so lahat ng company dapat mag comply or else you also have the right na magreklamo. Pag global corporation usually meron silang induction and isang part yan sa ipapaalam nila sayo.