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

Townsville

Cairns · QLD
386 suburbs · 1199 cafés in our reading
The headline plate · Eggs Benedict
Townsville median
$22.00
−6.4% against the national median, and −6.3% against Cairns itself.
First readingOctober 2026 reading
Strong sample
n=336 venues · spread $17.50–$27.00 · October 2026
How Townsville compares
Townsville
$22.00
Cairns
$23.48
Australia
$23.50
The price spread, not the price tag
October 2026 Reading

What you pay depends on where you sit. Across 336 readings of Eggs Benedict in this region:

$17.50
p25 · $19.90
Median
$22.00
p75 · $24.95
$27.00
10th percentile90th percentile
Solid band: middle 50% of cafés (p25–p75). Gradient: full p10–p90 spread.
The Townsville menu · 107 canonical items
October 2026 Reading
n = 693 · vs national
Chai Latte
$6.00
+3.4%
n = 672 · vs national
Hot Chocolate
$6.00
+9.1%
n = 670 · vs national
Flat White
$5.90
+7.3%
n = 669 · vs national
Latte
$6.00
+7.1%
n = 646 · vs national
Long Black
$5.50
+3.8%
n = 643 · vs national
Cappuccino
$5.90
+7.3%
n = 632 · vs national
Mocha
$6.25
+4.2%
n = 594 · vs national
Iced Latte
$7.00
0.0%
n = 590 · vs national
Short Black
$4.50
0.0%
n = 546 · vs national
Milkshake
$8.10
+1.2%
n = 510 · vs national
Iced Chocolate
$7.90
+5.3%
n = 508 · vs national
Pot of Tea
$5.25
+1.0%
n = 495 · vs national
Iced Coffee
$8.25
+3.1%
n = 463 · vs national
Piccolo
$4.50
0.0%
n = 420 · vs national
Iced Long Black
$6.70
+3.1%
n = 417 · vs national
Burger
$20.50
−2.4%
The suburbs of Townsville · 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
$27.45
+24.8%
n=2
Bargara thin
$26.75
+21.6%
n=2
Mareeba indicative
$26.00
+18.2%
n=5
Samford Village thin
$26.00
+18.2%
n=2
Manunda thin
$25.45
+15.7%
n=2
Torquay thin
$25.40
+15.5%
n=4
Port Douglas indicative
$25.00
+13.6%
n=7
Earlville thin
$25.00
+13.6%
n=2
Maleny thin
$24.95
+13.4%
n=2
Kenmore Hills thin
$24.92
+13.3%
n=2
Mount Glorious thin
$24.90
+13.2%
n=2
Bowen thin
$24.25
+10.2%
n=2
Paradise Point indicative
$24.10
+9.5%
n=6
Currumbin Waters thin
$24.00
+9.1%
n=3
Ayr thin
$24.00
+9.1%
n=2
Bli Bli thin
$24.00
+9.1%
n=2
Rockhampton indicative
$23.75
+8.0%
n=7
Portsmith thin
$23.75
+8.0%
n=2
Nambour thin
$23.40
+6.4%
n=2
Coombabah thin
$23.40
+6.4%
n=3
Yarrabilba thin
$23.40
+6.4%
n=2
Runaway Bay thin
$23.00
+4.5%
n=3
Urangan thin
$23.00
+4.5%
n=2
Gatton thin
$23.00
+4.5%
n=3
Wynnum indicative
$22.95
+4.3%
n=8
Beenleigh thin
$22.95
+4.3%
n=4
Cairns City indicative
$22.90
+4.1%
n=13
Annandale thin
$22.80
+3.6%
n=2
Idalia thin
$22.71
+3.2%
n=2
Carrara thin
$22.48
+2.2%
n=2
Yeppoon indicative
$22.45
+2.0%
n=8
Wilsonton thin
$22.45
+2.0%
n=2
Kenmore thin
$22.45
+2.0%
n=2
Highfields thin
$22.35
+1.6%
n=4
Scarness thin
$22.23
+1.0%
n=2
Victoria Point indicative
$22.00
0.0%
n=5
Gladstone Central thin
$22.00
0.0%
n=3
Ormeau thin
$22.00
0.0%
n=3
Bongaree thin
$22.00
0.0%
n=3
Emerald thin
$22.00
0.0%
n=3
Kingaroy thin
$21.92
−0.3%
n=2
The Range thin
$21.50
−2.3%
n=3
Proserpine thin
$21.50
−2.3%
n=2
Bundaberg Central indicative
$21.50
−2.3%
n=6
Doonan thin
$21.25
−3.4%
n=2
Mackay indicative
$21.00
−4.5%
n=6
Toowoomba City indicative
$21.00
−4.5%
n=10
Ipswich thin
$21.00
−4.5%
n=3
Pialba thin
$20.95
−4.8%
n=3
Jimboomba thin
$20.90
−5.0%
n=3
Urraween thin
$20.20
−8.2%
n=2
Caboolture thin
$20.00
−9.1%
n=4
Thuringowa Central thin
$20.00
−9.1%
n=3
Tamborine Mountain thin
$19.99
−9.1%
n=4
Nerang thin
$19.90
−9.5%
n=3
North Ipswich thin
$19.70
−10.5%
n=2
Mudgeeraba thin
$19.59
−11.0%
n=2
Newtown thin
$19.55
−11.1%
n=2
Atherton thin
$19.50
−11.4%
n=4
East Toowoomba indicative
$19.50
−11.4%
n=5
Warwick thin
$19.15
−13.0%
n=2
Townsville City indicative
$19.00
−13.6%
n=8
Yorkeys Knob thin
$19.00
−13.6%
n=3
St George thin
$18.75
−14.8%
n=2
Redlynch thin
$18.40
−16.4%
n=2
Douglas thin
$18.00
−18.2%
n=2
Maryborough indicative
$17.50
−20.5%
n=5
Allora thin
$17.25
−21.6%
n=2
North Ward thin
$14.95
−32.0%
n=2
The 6.4 percent
October 2026 Reading

Townsville runs, by our reading, −6.4% below the national median for a eggs benedict — and −6.3% below Cairns itself. The pattern is visible suburb by suburb: Hyde Park at $27.45 down to North Ward at $14.95. What you pay for, in this region, is geography — and a postcode.

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