Used dishwashers in Melbourne typically sell for A$135 to A$535 (about $94 to $375). Dishwashers sell on being visibly clean, tested and correctly measured — and the smell test is the one buyers apply within seconds of opening the door.
Selling a dishwasher in Melbourne
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.
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 dishwashers are worth
What lifts the price
- All racks, cutlery baskets and clips present
- Working salt and rinse aid dispensers
What pulls it down
- Rusted or broken rack tines and missing clips
- Leaks from the door seal or base
Working out what yours is worth
- Run a full cycle with a load and check the results honestly
- Look under the machine for any sign of past leaks
Getting it ready
- Run a hot empty cycle with a cleaner, then clean the filter, the spray arms and the door seal by hand.
- Note the model number from the door frame and run a full cycle so you can state honestly that it works.
Photograph
- The filter removed and the spray arms, showing they are clear
- The rating plate on the door frame, plus the seal and any rust or dent
Put in the description
- Make, model and approximate age
- That it has been tested on a full cycle, and any fault you know of
Width and type: “60cm Freestanding Dishwasher, 12 Place Settings, Bosch” or “Slimline 45cm Integrated Dishwasher”. Integrated and freestanding are different purchases entirely, and putting that word in the title is the difference between the right enquiries and the wrong ones.
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 dishwasher 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.
Does it smell?
Clean the filter and seal, run a cleaner cycle, then answer honestly. Buyers open the door and smell it first, so there is no point overstating this.
How much is a dishwasher worth in Melbourne?
Most used dishwashers change hands for A$135 to A$535 (about $94 to $375). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a dishwasher across Australia, what dishwashers are worth, everything second hand in Melbourne, or Kitchen & Appliances in Melbourne.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.