Used skateboards in Melbourne typically sell for A$38 to A$230 (about $27 to $160). Skateboards sell as complete setups or as parts, and the value sits in the trucks and bearings as much as the deck — so name every component.
Selling a skateboard in Melbourne
Melbourne has the strongest vintage and op-shop culture in Australia and a large student population across several universities, so buying second hand here is entirely ordinary. It is also the country’s music city, which keeps instruments, amps and records moving in a way they do not everywhere.
Students arrive in February and leave in November, which inverts the northern-hemisphere rhythm. The inner suburbs also carry a lot of share-house accommodation, and share houses reshuffle constantly rather than seasonally.
The tram network covers the inner suburbs densely and is how most small handovers happen. The city is flat, which makes collecting a bike or a chest of drawers by car straightforward, though inner-suburb streets are narrow and permit parking is tightly enforced.
Melbourne has around 5.1 million people in Victoria, which means a buyer pool big enough that almost anything finds someone, and close enough together that collection is rarely the obstacle. Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Melbourne
Australia Post covers everywhere, but distance pricing is real and interstate parcels cost meaningfully more than local ones.
What skateboards are worth
What lifts the price
- Recognised deck and truck brands
- Bearings that spin freely
What pulls it down
- Razor tail from heavy braking
- Seized or gritty bearings
Working out what yours is worth
- Check the nose and tail for lifting plies
- Photograph the deck top and underside
Getting it ready
- Identify the deck brand and width, the trucks, the wheel durometer and the bearing rating.
- Check the griptape and note whether the setup is complete and rideable.
Photograph
- The trucks close up with the brand visible
- The tail and nose, showing wear, plus any delamination
Put in the description
- Bearing brand and ABEC rating
- Deck condition including razor tail, chips and delamination
Deck size and components: “Element 8.0in Complete Skateboard, Independent Trucks, Bones Bearings”. Deck width in inches is the primary filter. Naming the trucks and bearings raises the price because those are the expensive parts.
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 skateboard in Melbourne?
List it free here and arrange the handover with the buyer yourself. The tram network covers the inner suburbs densely and is how most small handovers happen. The city is flat, which makes collecting a bike or a chest of drawers by car straightforward, though inner-suburb streets are narrow and permit parking is tightly enforced.
What size is the deck?
Read the width in inches off the deck or the maker’s listing. It is how every skater chooses.
How much is a skateboard worth in Melbourne?
Most used skateboards change hands for A$38 to A$230 (about $27 to $160). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a skateboard across Australia, what skateboards are worth, everything second hand in Melbourne, or Sports & Outdoors in Melbourne.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.