Used cardigans in Melbourne typically sell for A$15 to A$77 (about $11 to $54). Cardigans sell on fibre and button completeness, so check the composition label and count the buttons before you photograph anything.
Selling a cardigan 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.
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.
On anything stored in a garage or shed, check for damp. The winters here are wetter and colder than the city’s reputation suggests, and fabric and particle board both suffer for it.
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 cardigans are worth
What lifts the price
- Button bands that lie flat with no gaping
- Recognised knitwear labels
What pulls it down
- Stretched, gaping button bands
- Pilling on the front where it rubs
Working out what yours is worth
- Count the buttons and check they all match
- Check the composition label
Getting it ready
- Check every button is present and firmly attached, and look for a spare sewn inside the placket.
- Read the composition: wool, cashmere, cotton and acrylic sit at very different prices.
Photograph
- The buttons and buttonholes close up
- Cuffs, elbows and any hole, pill or stretch
Put in the description
- Whether all buttons are present and any spare included
- Any pilling, holes or stretched cuffs
Fibre, style and size: “Lambswool Button Through Cardigan, Navy, Size 12”. Fibre is the price driver and belongs first. Say whether it is chunky, fine knit or a longline, since those suit different buyers.
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 cardigan 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.
Are there any moth holes?
Hold natural fibres up to a window and check. Small holes are normal on wool and accepted when disclosed.
How much is a cardigan worth in Melbourne?
Most used cardigans change hands for A$15 to A$77 (about $11 to $54). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a cardigan across Australia, what cardigans are worth, everything second hand in Melbourne, or Clothing in Melbourne.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.