Used mattresses in Devonport typically sell for A$57 to A$385 (about $40 to $270). Mattresses are the one furniture category where hygiene rules the market, and honest disclosure matters more than condition.
Selling a mattress in Devonport
Devonport is where the ferry from the mainland docks, which makes a town of this size a genuine gateway, and it sits in the middle of one of the most productive vegetable-growing districts in the country. Caravans and vehicles come off that ferry constantly.
Touring travellers sell up at the end of a trip rather than shipping things home, which puts camping and vehicle equipment onto the market here disproportionately. Agricultural work adds its own seasonal population on top.
The town is small and driving is easy. The ferry timetable shapes the traffic through town more than anything else, so it is worth avoiding the hour either side of a sailing if you are collecting something large.
Devonport, in Tasmania, has around 30,000 people, which means a small local market, which makes the nearby towns part of your audience rather than an afterthought. Hobart, Launceston and Sydney are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Devonport
Bank transfer via PayID is instant and is what most private buyers will offer. Cash on collection remains common for larger items.
Sell your Mattress in Devonport
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 mattresses are worth
What lifts the price
- Recent purchase with a clear age
- A protector used from new, with no staining
What pulls it down
- Sagging and permanent body impressions
- Any suggestion of pests, which ends the sale entirely
Working out what yours is worth
- Lie on it and check for a visible dip
- State the age and whether a protector was used
Getting it ready
- Strip it and inspect both sides in daylight for stains, which for most buyers ends the conversation regardless of price.
- Find the fire safety label sewn into the side seam. Its absence makes an already difficult sale harder still.
Photograph
- The second side, also bare, because buyers assume you photographed the better one
- The fire safety label and any make or model tag
Put in the description
- Type — open coil, pocket sprung, memory foam or hybrid — and the firmness
- Approximate age, and whether it has always had a protector on it
State size, type and age: “Double Pocket Sprung Mattress, 3 Years Old, No Stains”. Age is the unusual case where volunteering it helps, because a buyer’s first assumption about a used mattress is that it is older than it is. Memory foam, pocket sprung and open coil are all real searches.
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 (Tasmania)
Common questions
Where can I sell a mattress in Devonport?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. The town is small and driving is easy. The ferry timetable shapes the traffic through town more than anything else, so it is worth avoiding the hour either side of a sailing if you are collecting something large.
How old is it?
Give the actual figure, or your best honest estimate with a reason. Mattresses have a functional life and buyers price against it.
How much is a mattress worth in Devonport?
Most used mattresses change hands for A$57 to A$385 (about $40 to $270). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a mattress across Australia, what mattresses are worth, everything second hand in Devonport, or Furniture in Devonport.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.