Semarang — Useful ratios
Prices put in perspective: what a meal, a room or a commute in Semarang costs in work time and wage share.
In work time
One hour at minimum wage buys about 2.1 litres of Pertalite.
A specialty-café latte costs about 3.8 times a cup of local kopi susu.
As a share of the minimum wage
A simple boarding room (kos) takes about 27% of the monthly minimum wage.
Three warung meals a day for a month take about 36% of the minimum wage.
A daily return trip by city bus costs about 4.8% of the minimum wage.
Living simply costs about 72% of the minimum wage, leaving 28% for everything else.
The official poverty line per person is about 19% of the minimum wage.
The city in numbers
Semarang produces about 3.8 times a year of minimum wage per resident.
About 4,600 people share every square kilometre.
There are about 97.8 men for every 100 women.
Every 100 working-age residents support about 41 children and seniors.
Work time uses the official rule of 173 working hours per month (hourly wage = monthly wage ÷ 173). Prices use the middle of each range on the economics page, except bus fares, which use the standard adult fare.economics page