Used headphones in Melbourne typically sell for A$48 to A$345 (about $34 to $240). Used headphones sell on hygiene and honesty about the earpads, because that is what buyers are quietly worried about and almost no listing addresses it.
Selling headphones 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 headphones are worth
What lifts the price
- Original case, cable and adapters
- Headband padding with no flaking or splitting
What pulls it down
- Cracked headband hinges, which are often unrepairable
- A battery that no longer holds charge on wireless models
Working out what yours is worth
- Test both channels at low and high volume for crackle
- On wireless pairs, charge fully and time real playback
Getting it ready
- Clean the earpads and headband thoroughly, and say in the listing that you have. If the pads are perished or flaking, say that too.
- Find the model number and check whether the earpads are user-replaceable, which is a genuine selling point.
Photograph
- The headband and hinges, which are where headphones crack
- The cable, case and any adapters included
Put in the description
- Earpad condition, and whether replacements are available for the model
- What is included: cable, case, charger, adapters
Brand and model exactly, plus whether they are wireless and noise cancelling: “Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones”. Model numbers are how audio buyers search. Add whether the original case is included, because for over-ear headphones that materially affects the price.
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 headphones 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.
How is the battery on the wireless ones?
Charge fully, then time a real session. Give the figure rather than quoting the manufacturer’s original claim.
How much are headphones worth in Melbourne?
Most used headphones change hands for A$48 to A$345 (about $34 to $240). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling headphones across Australia, what headphones are worth, everything second hand in Melbourne, or Electronics in Melbourne.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.