The canonical Garden Salad, read from 285 café menus across Australia.
| # | Region | Price | n |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange | $6.00 | 7 |
| 2 | Adelaide Hills | $6.95 | 5 |
| 3 | Rockhampton | $7.47 | 9 |
| 4 | Joondalup | $7.50 | 30 |
| 5 | Nambour - Pomona | $8.00 | 42 |
| # | Region | Price | n |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains | $10.00 | 91 |
| 2 | North Canberra | $9.90 | 13 |
| 3 | Prospect - Walkerville | $9.45 | 14 |
| 4 | Melbourne City | $8.50 | 42 |
| 5 | Nambour - Pomona | $8.00 | 42 |
At the median Australian café, a Garden Salad costs $8.50 this reading. The middle half of venues sit between $6.00 and $12.00 — but the regional spread is the story. In Blue Mountains the median runs $10.00; in Orange it's $6.00.
Sample sizes vary by region — every number on this page ships with its n, and regions below our confidence bar are marked indicative or thin. Medians, not means: one $40 outlier doesn't move the number.
A Garden Salad costs $8.50 at the median Australian café, based on 285 priced menus in the April 2026 reading. The middle half of cafés charge between $6.00 and $12.00.
Western Australia is cheapest at $6.00; New South Wales is dearest at $10.00.
Of the regions we read, Blue Mountains has the dearest median at $10.00 and Orange the cheapest at $6.00.