How much do highlights and balayage cost in Australia?
Foils, balayage and lightening work, as priced by the salons that publish it.
The range
- Lower quartile
- $130
- Midpoint
- $195
- Upper quartile
- $280
a quarter are cheaper
half are either side
a quarter are dearer
Half of the published prices sit between $130 and $280, with a midpoint of $195. That is drawn from 1,606 Australian businesses that publish this pricing, as collected on 18 August 2026.
Why the range is so wide
The most expensive category on this site, and the widest. Half-head and full-head are almost always priced separately, balayage usually sits above foils, and corrective work — undoing a previous colour — is often quoted only on consultation, so it is under-represented in the numbers below rather than absent from the market.
By city
Largest sample first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | $130 | $200 | $285 | 327 |
| Melbourne | $140 | $200 | $280 | 286 |
| Brisbane | $130 | $207 | $320 | 175 |
| Perth | $120 | $185 | $260 | 110 |
| Gold Coast | $142 | $225 | $390 | 72 |
| Adelaide | $100 | $150 | $210 | 64 |
| Sunshine Coast | $120 | $195 | $275 | 38 |
What these numbers are, and are not
Every figure is computed from businesses’ own published service menus — 6,950 priced lines from 1,606 businesses, collected on 18 August 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 — 1,606 businesses in our catalogue offer this service, and 1,606 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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