The canonical Soft Drink, read from 4,439 café menus across Australia.
| # | Region | Price | n |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bourke - Cobar - Coonamble | $3.50 | 7 |
| 2 | Tuggeranong | $3.50 | 9 |
| 3 | Manly | $4.70 | 1344 |
| 4 | Kalamunda | $4.95 | 40 |
| 5 | Fleurieu - Kangaroo Island | $4.95 | 72 |
| # | Region | Price | n |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dubbo | $5.00 | 167 |
| 2 | Tumut - Tumbarumba | $5.00 | 323 |
| 3 | Melbourne City | $5.00 | 926 |
| 4 | Brisbane Inner - East | $5.00 | 543 |
| 5 | Maryborough | $5.00 | 292 |
At the median Australian café, a Soft Drink costs $5.00 this reading. The middle half of venues sit between $4.00 and $5.69 — but the regional spread is the story. In Dubbo the median runs $5.00; in Bourke - Cobar - Coonamble it's $3.50.
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 Soft Drink costs $5.00 at the median Australian café, based on 4,439 priced menus in the October 2026 reading. The middle half of cafés charge between $4.00 and $5.69.
Australian Capital Territory is cheapest at $4.85; Victoria is dearest at $5.00.
Of the regions we read, Dubbo has the dearest median at $5.00 and Bourke - Cobar - Coonamble the cheapest at $3.50.