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April 2026 reading
SA3 region · VIC · Sample size: strong
April 2026 reading

Melbourne City

Melbourne · VIC
293 suburbs · 1540 cafés in our reading
The headline plate · Eggs Benedict
Melbourne City median
$24.00
+0.4% against the national median, and 0.0% against Melbourne itself.
First readingApril 2026 reading
Strong sample
n=549 venues · spread $20.00–$28.00 · April 2026
How Melbourne City compares
Melbourne City
$24.00
Mildura
$24.00
Melbourne
$24.00
Australia
$23.90
The price spread, not the price tag
April 2026 Reading

What you pay depends on where you sit. Across 549 readings of Eggs Benedict in this region:

$20.00
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 Melbourne City menu · 107 canonical items
April 2026 Reading
n = 962 · vs national
Hot Chocolate
$5.50
0.0%
n = 935 · vs national
Chai Latte
$5.50
0.0%
n = 814 · vs national
Short Black
$4.50
+11.1%
n = 779 · vs national
Latte
$5.25
−0.9%
n = 772 · vs national
Matcha Latte
$6.00
0.0%
n = 745 · vs national
Mocha
$5.50
−4.3%
n = 732 · vs national
Long Black
$5.00
0.0%
n = 727 · vs national
Iced Coffee
$7.50
0.0%
n = 703 · vs national
Cappuccino
$5.00
−4.8%
n = 701 · vs national
Flat White
$5.00
−4.8%
n = 691 · vs national
Iced Latte
$6.50
0.0%
n = 677 · vs national
Chips / Fries
$10.00
0.0%
n = 660 · vs national
Iced Chocolate
$7.00
−6.7%
n = 618 · vs national
Burger
$24.00
+9.1%
n = 613 · vs national
Fresh Juice
$7.00
0.0%
n = 599 · vs national
Pot of Tea
$5.00
0.0%
The suburbs of Melbourne City · Eggs Benedict
April 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
Eltham thin
$28.90
+20.4%
n=3
Middle Park thin
$28.00
+16.7%
n=2
Williams Landing thin
$27.30
+13.7%
n=2
Mornington indicative
$27.00
+12.5%
n=5
Ascot Vale thin
$27.00
+12.5%
n=2
North Melbourne thin
$27.00
+12.5%
n=3
Hoppers Crossing thin
$26.75
+11.5%
n=2
Sorrento thin
$26.75
+11.5%
n=2
Heidelberg thin
$26.75
+11.5%
n=2
Wheelers Hill thin
$26.50
+10.4%
n=2
Olinda thin
$26.25
+9.4%
n=2
Elsternwick indicative
$26.00
+8.3%
n=7
South Melbourne indicative
$26.00
+8.3%
n=7
Essendon Fields thin
$26.00
+8.3%
n=3
Fairfield thin
$26.00
+8.3%
n=2
Heathmont thin
$26.00
+8.3%
n=2
Brunswick East thin
$26.00
+8.3%
n=3
Kew East thin
$26.00
+8.3%
n=2
Reservoir thin
$26.00
+8.3%
n=3
Burwood East thin
$26.00
+8.3%
n=3
Toorak thin
$26.00
+8.3%
n=3
Kallista thin
$26.00
+8.3%
n=3
Altona Meadows thin
$25.95
+8.1%
n=2
Elwood thin
$25.90
+7.9%
n=2
Armadale indicative
$25.75
+7.3%
n=6
Hawthorn East thin
$25.75
+7.3%
n=4
Albert Park thin
$25.75
+7.3%
n=2
Croydon thin
$25.70
+7.1%
n=4
Brighton indicative
$25.50
+6.3%
n=9
Balwyn thin
$25.50
+6.3%
n=2
Beaumaris thin
$25.50
+6.3%
n=4
Ferntree Gully thin
$25.50
+6.3%
n=3
Glen Iris thin
$25.50
+6.3%
n=2
Hampton thin
$25.45
+6.0%
n=4
Coburg North thin
$25.45
+6.0%
n=2
Ivanhoe thin
$25.35
+5.6%
n=4
Malvern indicative
$25.25
+5.2%
n=6
Hawthorn indicative
$25.00
+4.2%
n=6
South Yarra indicative
$25.00
+4.2%
n=9
Bundoora thin
$25.00
+4.2%
n=3
Richmond indicative
$25.00
+4.2%
n=7
Malvern East thin
$25.00
+4.2%
n=3
Beaconsfield thin
$25.00
+4.2%
n=2
Flemington thin
$25.00
+4.2%
n=2
Docklands thin
$25.00
+4.2%
n=2
Dromana thin
$25.00
+4.2%
n=2
Clyde North thin
$24.95
+4.0%
n=3
Southbank thin
$24.95
+4.0%
n=4
Moonee Ponds indicative
$24.95
+4.0%
n=6
Rosanna thin
$24.75
+3.1%
n=2
Seddon thin
$24.75
+3.1%
n=4
Melbourne
$24.50
+2.1%
n=39
Camberwell indicative
$24.50
+2.1%
n=7
Thornbury thin
$24.50
+2.1%
n=3
Tullamarine thin
$24.50
+2.1%
n=4
Mount Evelyn thin
$24.50
+2.1%
n=3
Balwyn North thin
$24.50
+2.1%
n=4
Brunswick indicative
$24.45
+1.9%
n=10
Geelong indicative
$24.00
0.0%
n=10
Prahran indicative
$24.00
0.0%
n=6
Carlton indicative
$24.00
0.0%
n=5
Mount Waverley indicative
$24.00
0.0%
n=5
Port Melbourne indicative
$24.00
0.0%
n=7
Pascoe Vale thin
$24.00
0.0%
n=4
Doncaster indicative
$24.00
0.0%
n=6
St Kilda indicative
$24.00
0.0%
n=7
Bonbeach thin
$24.00
0.0%
n=2
Warrandyte thin
$24.00
0.0%
n=3
Windsor thin
$24.00
0.0%
n=3
Sandringham thin
$24.00
0.0%
n=3
Collingwood thin
$24.00
0.0%
n=3
Fitzroy North thin
$24.00
0.0%
n=3
Donnybrook thin
$24.00
0.0%
n=2
Chelsea thin
$24.00
0.0%
n=3
Hamlyn Heights thin
$24.00
0.0%
n=2
Cremorne thin
$24.00
0.0%
n=3
Montmorency thin
$24.00
0.0%
n=3
Newtown thin
$24.00
0.0%
n=3
Kew thin
$24.00
0.0%
n=3
Abbotsford thin
$24.00
0.0%
n=2
Frankston indicative
$23.95
−0.2%
n=8
Narre Warren indicative
$23.95
−0.2%
n=5
Seaford thin
$23.95
−0.2%
n=2
Rowville thin
$23.88
−0.5%
n=2
Berwick thin
$23.75
−1.0%
n=4
Craigieburn thin
$23.70
−1.3%
n=2
Caulfield North thin
$23.50
−2.1%
n=2
Fitzroy indicative
$23.50
−2.1%
n=7
Parkville thin
$23.50
−2.1%
n=2
Footscray thin
$23.50
−2.1%
n=4
Mitcham thin
$23.45
−2.3%
n=2
Brunswick West thin
$23.25
−3.1%
n=2
Heidelberg Heights thin
$23.20
−3.3%
n=2
Balaclava indicative
$23.00
−4.2%
n=5
Officer thin
$23.00
−4.2%
n=4
Essendon thin
$23.00
−4.2%
n=3
Maribyrnong thin
$23.00
−4.2%
n=2
Surrey Hills thin
$23.00
−4.2%
n=2
Blackburn thin
$22.95
−4.4%
n=2
Belgrave thin
$22.75
−5.2%
n=2
Northcote indicative
$22.50
−6.3%
n=5
Saint Kilda West thin
$22.50
−6.3%
n=2
Black Rock thin
$22.25
−7.3%
n=2
Caroline Springs thin
$22.20
−7.5%
n=4
West Melbourne thin
$22.00
−8.3%
n=3
Cheltenham thin
$22.00
−8.3%
n=4
Altona indicative
$22.00
−8.3%
n=5
Parkdale thin
$22.00
−8.3%
n=2
Coburg thin
$22.00
−8.3%
n=2
West Footscray thin
$21.88
−8.9%
n=2
Mulgrave thin
$21.75
−9.4%
n=2
Boronia thin
$21.50
−10.4%
n=3
Nunawading thin
$21.45
−10.6%
n=4
East Melbourne thin
$21.25
−11.5%
n=4
Croydon South thin
$21.25
−11.5%
n=2
Rye thin
$21.00
−12.5%
n=3
Dandenong South thin
$21.00
−12.5%
n=2
Somerville thin
$21.00
−12.5%
n=2
Bayswater thin
$21.00
−12.5%
n=2
Knoxfield thin
$20.45
−14.8%
n=2
Preston thin
$20.00
−16.7%
n=3
Wantirna South thin
$19.95
−16.9%
n=3
Niddrie thin
$19.45
−19.0%
n=2
Hallam thin
$17.95
−25.2%
n=2
South Morang thin
$17.20
−28.3%
n=2
The 0.4 percent
April 2026 Reading

Melbourne City runs, by our reading, +0.4% above the national median for a eggs benedict — and 0.0% above Melbourne itself. The pattern is visible suburb by suburb: Eltham at $28.90 down to South Morang at $17.20. What you pay for, in this region, is geography — and a postcode.

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