Used high chairs in Melbourne typically sell for A$38 to A$170 (about $27 to $120). High chairs sell quickly because every family needs one for about two years, and the sale turns on whether the harness is complete and the whole thing genuinely cleans up.
Selling a high chair 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.
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 high chairs are worth
What lifts the price
- Recognised brands with replacement parts available
- Complete with harness, tray and footrest
What pulls it down
- Stained or cracked trays
- Wobbling frames and worn adjustment mechanisms
Working out what yours is worth
- Test every adjustment and the folding mechanism
- Deep clean the tray and seat before photographing
Getting it ready
- Strip it completely and wash the tray, seat pad and every crevice. Dried food in the seams is what makes buyers walk away.
- Test the folding mechanism and every height and recline adjustment, and check the locking catches engage firmly.
Photograph
- The tray removed and the seat, clean, from above
- The folding catches and footprint folded, plus any crack, stain or missing part
Put in the description
- Whether it folds, and the folded and assembled footprint
- What is included — tray, insert, cushion, spare covers — and any missing part
Brand, model and type: “Stokke Tripp Trapp High Chair with Baby Set” or “Folding High Chair, Wipe Clean, 6m+”. Named brands carry real value here and their accessories are searched separately. Say whether it folds and whether the newborn insert or harness is included.
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 high chair 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 age is it for?
Give the manufacturer’s stated range, including whether it reclines for younger babies or converts for older children. Parents are buying for a specific stage.
How much is a high chair worth in Melbourne?
Most used high chairs change hands for A$38 to A$170 (about $27 to $120). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a high chair across Australia, what high chairs are worth, everything second hand in Melbourne, or Baby & Kids in Melbourne.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.