Second-hand kitchen & appliances in Melbourne typically sells for A$15 to A$670 (about $11 to $470). Age and whether it is currently working set almost the entire price. Anything under a few years old and in service is worth many times the same model sold as spares or repairs.
Buying kitchen & appliances 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.
Measurements decide whether an appliance can be used at all, and a machine that will not pass the kitchen doorway is worth nothing to its buyer. Seeing it in place, with the route out measured, removes the one risk that cannot be undone afterwards.
What to check in person
Ask for it to be plugged in and run a short cycle if that is possible. Pull out the drawer and check the seal for splits and black mould, tilt it to look underneath for leaks, and check the drum or shelves move as they should.
Collecting it in Melbourne
It needs a van and realistically two people. Ask about the stairs, the doorway and the parking at the seller’s end before you set off, because that is the detail that decides whether the trip was worth making.
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.
Selling your kitchen & appliances in Melbourne free
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.
Defrost and drain it fully the day before, or a buyer arrives to a machine that cannot be moved without soaking their vehicle. Keep the manual, the shelves and any fittings together, and be straight about which functions have stopped working. Turns over steadily, with a clear lift through the summer moving season.
Bank transfer via PayID is instant and is what most private buyers will offer. Cash on collection remains common for larger items.
Kitchen & Appliances worth listing in Melbourne
Same region (Victoria)
If nothing in Melbourne suits, Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo each have their own kitchen & appliances page, and a seller will often meet part of the way for something worth the trip.
More in Melbourne: everything second hand in Melbourne, or Kitchen & Appliances across Australia.
Prices converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate; sellers set their own price.