The canonical Garden Salad, read from 1,012 café menus across Australia.
| # | Region | Price | n |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wynnum - Manly | $8.00 | 79 |
| 2 | Armidale | $8.50 | 59 |
| 3 | North East | $8.75 | 12 |
| 4 | Maribyrnong | $9.00 | 156 |
| 5 | Baw Baw | $9.00 | 77 |
| # | Region | Price | n |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Augusta - Margaret River - Busselton | $13.75 | 10 |
| 2 | West Coast | $13.50 | 10 |
| 3 | Port Adelaide - East | $12.00 | 38 |
| 4 | Adelaide Hills | $10.95 | 21 |
| 5 | Wheat Belt - North | $10.88 | 12 |
At the median Australian café, a Garden Salad costs $9.22 this reading. The middle half of venues sit between $6.50 and $13.00 — but the regional spread is the story. In Augusta - Margaret River - Busselton the median runs $13.75; in Wynnum - Manly it's $8.00.
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 $9.22 at the median Australian café, based on 1,012 priced menus in the October 2026 reading. The middle half of cafés charge between $6.50 and $13.00.
Queensland is cheapest at $8.70; Tasmania is dearest at $11.13.
Of the regions we read, Augusta - Margaret River - Busselton has the dearest median at $13.75 and Wynnum - Manly the cheapest at $8.00.