Used tumble dryers in Melbourne typically sell for A$135 to A$535 (about $94 to $375). Tumble dryers sell on type as much as condition, because a heat pump model costs a fraction of a vented one to run and buyers increasingly know it.
Selling a tumble dryer 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 tumble dryers are worth
What lifts the price
- Clean condenser and lint filters with no blockage
- Original hoses, vent kit and feet
What pulls it down
- A drum that squeals or thumps, usually a bearing or belt
- Blocked condenser units that no longer dry properly
Working out what yours is worth
- Identify the type from the model plate: vented, condenser or heat pump
- Pull out and inspect the condenser and lint filters
Getting it ready
- Identify the type: vented, condenser or heat pump. This is the single biggest factor in what a buyer will pay.
- Clean the lint filter and, on a condenser or heat pump, the condenser unit itself — a blocked one looks like neglect.
Photograph
- The lint filter and condenser, clean
- The model and energy rating label, plus the display mid-cycle
Put in the description
- Brand, model number and approximate age
- Whether it is freestanding or integrated, and whether a vent hose is included
Type, capacity and brand: “Bosch 8kg Heat Pump Tumble Dryer, A++”. Heat pump belongs in the title because it is what running costs turn on. Capacity in kilograms and the energy rating both matter to buyers doing the sums.
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 tumble dryer 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 old is it?
Give a year or an honest estimate. Buyers price the remaining life, and dryers over about eight years are a gamble they want to make knowingly.
How much is a tumble dryer worth in Melbourne?
Most used tumble dryers 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 tumble dryer across Australia, what tumble dryers 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.