Flat White IndexA little perspective in every cup

Independent coffee price survey · Sydney

Your daily ritual.
A little more
perspective.

Same city. Same coffee. A different price on every corner. Find out what Sydney pays for a flat white, one neighbourhood at a time.

Real cafés. Prices collected by phone. Free, open data.

A flat white with rosetta latte art in a white ceramic cup, in warm morning lightThe daily cup, in context.

Sydney survey average · small flat white

Brewing the numbers…

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survey observations.

Prices on the map

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Direct phone survey

Neighbourhoods

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Across greater Sydney

Lowest suburb average

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In the current sample

Highest suburb average

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In the current sample

01 / The coffee map

A good cup is closer than you think.

Search your neighbourhood. Compare the prices. Find your next local.

Sydney, Australia
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Getting the latest prices…

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A small, regular flat white. Alternative milks and extras may cost more.

02 / The bigger picture

What does a cup cost?

The spread of small flat white prices in our current survey.

Every cup adds a little more to the picture.

03 / Your daily ritual, added up

A small habit. A yearly number.

At the Sydney survey average, what does your coffee habit cost?

—per week
—per year

Your cup, measured in minutes of work.

48 coffee weeks per year. Work time assumes 38 hours a week, 52 paid weeks, before tax.

04 / The neighbourhood index

How does your suburb stack up?

Suburb averages, from the lowest up. A snapshot of the cafés surveyed.

The full price report
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Small samples, honest numbers. Some suburbs have just one surveyed café; their average reflects that café alone. These are survey observations, not a complete measure of every café in Sydney.

A simple question. A real answer.

We ask the café.
Then share the answer.

The best way to find out what a flat white costs? Pick up the phone. Our AI voice agent, Mia, does just that.

Meet the methodology
Where do the prices come from?
Mia calls independent cafés and asks, “How much is a regular flat white?” A price is extracted from the call transcript. The survey focuses on independent cafés. We show the small or regular size, without extras.
How current and complete is the survey?
The dashboard reads the latest available observations when you load it. A fresh dashboard is not proof that every café was called today. Coverage is still growing, and small samples can change quickly. Please confirm prices with the café before ordering.
Can I use the data?
Yes. The data is open under CC BY 4.0. Credit “Flat White Index, flatwhiteindex.com.au” and include the sample size and date you retrieved it. Download the JSON dataset ↗
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