How much does a haircut cost in Australia?
Every haircut price published by a hair salon or barber in our catalogue, read together.
The range
- Lower quartile
- $35
- Midpoint
- $55
- Upper quartile
- $90
a quarter are cheaper
half are either side
a quarter are dearer
Half of the published prices sit between $35 and $90, with a midpoint of $55. That is drawn from 2,214 Australian businesses that publish this pricing, as collected on 25 September 2026.
Why the range is so wide
Most of the spread is length and who holds the scissors. Price lists routinely quote short, medium and long as separate lines, and a salon that runs staff tiers will list the same cut two or three times — emerging stylist through to creative director — with the top tier commonly around double the bottom. A cut quoted with a blow-dry sits higher again.
By city
Largest sample first, and each city has its own page. A city appears only where at least 25 businesses publish this pricing, because below that a single expensive salon moves the whole row.
| City | Lower quartile | Midpoint | Upper quartile | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | $35 | $55 | $90 | 453 |
| Sydney | $38 | $60 | $99 | 412 |
| Brisbane | $36 | $56 | $106 | 213 |
| Perth | $39 | $59 | $100 | 155 |
| Gold Coast | $35 | $50 | $85 | 95 |
| Adelaide | $35 | $54 | $84 | 92 |
| Sunshine Coast | $50 | $75 | $130 | 41 |
| Cairns | $38 | $65 | $96 | 28 |
| Central Coast | $30 | $45 | $60 | 27 |
What these numbers are, and are not
Every figure is computed from businesses’ own published service menus — 8,297 priced lines from 2,214 businesses, collected on 25 September 2026. None of it is typed in by hand.
A published price is not a quote. What you are charged depends on your hair, your skin and how long the appointment actually takes, and many businesses quote on consultation rather than publishing at all — 2,214 businesses in our catalogue offer this service, and 2,214 of them publish a price for it. The ones that publish are not a random sample of the ones that do not.
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