Used pool tables in Ballarat typically sell for A$190 to A$1,150 (about $135 to $810). Pool tables are the hardest thing on this list to move, so the entire listing hinges on size, weight and whether the slate comes apart.
Selling a pool table in Ballarat
Ballarat was built by the gold rush and it still shows: the centre is full of substantial nineteenth-century buildings and the housing stock is genuinely old. It is also one of the coldest cities in the state, which is not a detail when you are buying anything that has been stored in a shed.
Old housing changes hands with genuinely old contents, so period furniture appears here far more often than in newer cities. Cold winters also put real seasonal demand behind warm clothing and heating-adjacent goods.
Driving is easy and parking is not a problem, and the train to Melbourne makes smaller handovers practical. Old houses mean narrow hallways and awkward corners, so measure before committing to anything large.
Ballarat, in Victoria, has around 115,000 people, which means a small local market, which makes the nearby towns part of your audience rather than an afterthought. Melbourne, Geelong and Bendigo are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Ballarat
Seasons are inverted relative to the UK and North America: warm-weather items move from September, and winter gear from around May.
Sell your Pool Table in Ballarat
Listing is free and there is no commission and no buyer fee, so the price you agree is the price you keep. Most listings take about a minute to put up.
What pool tables are worth
What lifts the price
- Slate beds rather than MDF
- Level, undamaged frame and legs
What pulls it down
- MDF beds, which warp with any damp
- No practical access for removal
Working out what yours is worth
- Roll a ball slowly across to check the level and cushion response
- Measure the access route out of the room
Getting it ready
- Measure the playing surface and the outside dimensions, and establish whether the bed is slate or MDF.
- Work out whether it dismantles, and how many people it will genuinely need.
Photograph
- The whole table from a corner, in the room
- A pocket and the cushion rubber close up
Put in the description
- Playing surface size in feet, and external dimensions
- Cloth condition, cushion response and pocket condition
Collection only, and this is the one category where you should be almost discouraging about it. State the weight, the floor, the stairs and how many people it needs, so the buyer arrives properly equipped.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Victoria)
Common questions
Where can I sell a pool table in Ballarat?
List it free on WishThrift and deal with the buyer direct. Driving is easy and parking is not a problem, and the train to Melbourne makes smaller handovers practical. Old houses mean narrow hallways and awkward corners, so measure before committing to anything large.
Does it come apart?
Check whether the frame bolts and the slates lift out. It is the difference between a possible collection and an impossible one.
How much is a pool table worth in Ballarat?
Most used pool tables change hands for A$190 to A$1,150 (about $135 to $810). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a pool table across Australia, what pool tables are worth, everything second hand in Ballarat, or Sports & Outdoors in Ballarat.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.