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October 2026 reading
SA3 region · SA · Sample size: strong
October 2026 reading

Adelaide City

Adelaide · SA
220 suburbs · 776 cafés in our reading
The headline plate · Eggs Benedict
Adelaide City median
$24.00
+2.1% against the national median, and 0.0% against Adelaide itself.
First readingOctober 2026 reading
Strong sample
n=196 venues · spread $19.70–$28.00 · October 2026
How Adelaide City compares
Adelaide City
$24.00
Adelaide
$24.00
Australia
$23.50
The price spread, not the price tag
October 2026 Reading

What you pay depends on where you sit. Across 196 readings of Eggs Benedict in this region:

$19.70
p25 · $22.00
Median
$24.00
p75 · $26.00
$28.00
10th percentile90th percentile
Solid band: middle 50% of cafés (p25–p75). Gradient: full p10–p90 spread.
The Adelaide City menu · 107 canonical items
October 2026 Reading
n = 419 · vs national
Flat White
$5.75
+4.5%
n = 418 · vs national
Chai Latte
$6.00
+3.4%
n = 416 · vs national
Latte
$5.95
+6.3%
n = 410 · vs national
Long Black
$5.50
+3.8%
n = 407 · vs national
Hot Chocolate
$6.00
+9.1%
n = 403 · vs national
Cappuccino
$5.72
+4.0%
n = 399 · vs national
Short Black
$4.50
0.0%
n = 393 · vs national
Mocha
$6.10
+1.7%
n = 351 · vs national
Iced Latte
$7.00
0.0%
n = 340 · vs national
Macchiato
$4.60
+2.2%
n = 327 · vs national
Iced Coffee
$8.20
+2.5%
n = 311 · vs national
Iced Chocolate
$8.00
+6.7%
n = 309 · vs national
Matcha Latte
$7.00
+6.1%
n = 290 · vs national
Piccolo
$4.80
+6.7%
n = 284 · vs national
Chips / Fries
$11.00
+10.0%
n = 273 · vs national
Pot of Tea
$5.45
+4.8%
The suburbs of Adelaide City · Eggs Benedict
October 2026 Reading

Suburbs are a way to read this region, not a destination. We don't run a suburb page when the sample is thin — the region is the editorial unit.

Suburb
Median
vs region
n
Hyde Park thin
$28.15
+17.3%
n=2
Thebarton thin
$28.00
+16.7%
n=3
Woodville South thin
$27.00
+12.5%
n=3
Findon thin
$26.50
+10.4%
n=2
Magill thin
$26.25
+9.4%
n=2
Clarence Park thin
$25.95
+8.1%
n=2
Walkerville thin
$25.73
+7.2%
n=4
Hawthorn thin
$25.25
+5.2%
n=2
Parkside thin
$25.15
+4.8%
n=2
North Adelaide indicative
$25.00
+4.2%
n=8
Semaphore thin
$25.00
+4.2%
n=3
Unley thin
$25.00
+4.2%
n=4
Blackwood thin
$25.00
+4.2%
n=4
Glenelg thin
$24.95
+4.0%
n=2
Brighton thin
$24.50
+2.1%
n=3
Adelaide
$24.45
+1.9%
n=28
Glenelg South thin
$24.25
+1.0%
n=2
Mawson Lakes thin
$24.25
+1.0%
n=4
Stirling thin
$24.00
0.0%
n=2
Adelaide Airport thin
$23.98
−0.1%
n=2
Goodwood thin
$23.75
−1.0%
n=2
Christies Beach thin
$23.70
−1.3%
n=4
Sefton Park thin
$23.70
−1.3%
n=2
Gilles Plains thin
$23.17
−3.4%
n=2
Port Adelaide thin
$23.00
−4.2%
n=4
Newton thin
$23.00
−4.2%
n=3
Henley Beach thin
$23.00
−4.2%
n=3
Hindmarsh thin
$23.00
−4.2%
n=2
West Lakes thin
$22.50
−6.3%
n=4
Hilton thin
$22.50
−6.3%
n=2
Edinburgh thin
$22.45
−6.5%
n=2
Norwood thin
$22.00
−8.3%
n=2
Torrens Park thin
$22.00
−8.3%
n=3
Clarence Gardens thin
$21.00
−12.5%
n=2
Mile End thin
$20.95
−12.7%
n=2
Munno Para thin
$20.82
−13.2%
n=2
Golden Grove thin
$20.50
−14.6%
n=2
Hendon thin
$20.45
−14.8%
n=2
Gepps Cross thin
$20.45
−14.8%
n=2
Edwardstown thin
$19.90
−17.1%
n=3
Saint Agnes thin
$19.45
−19.0%
n=2
Woodcroft thin
$16.00
−33.3%
n=3
The 2.1 percent
October 2026 Reading

Adelaide City runs, by our reading, +2.1% above the national median for a eggs benedict — and 0.0% above Adelaide itself. The pattern is visible suburb by suburb: Hyde Park at $28.15 down to Woodcroft at $16.00. What you pay for, in this region, is geography — and a postcode.

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