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What removalists cost in Melbourne

Hourly rates, totals by bedrooms, and the complaints Victoria's consumer regulator keeps seeing.

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Short answer

Two movers and a truck in Melbourne cost $105-$190 an hour↗, with $147 an hour↗ typical, according to What's The Damage. A local move from a 3-bedroom home costs $840-$2,100↗. Its 2026 Melbourne figures are 4.2%↗ higher than the year before.

Melbourne's published rates sit a little under Sydney's. The bigger variable is the crew: the same 3-bedroom job priced with two movers and with three is a different number, and the three-person crew often finishes for less because the clock stops sooner.

What do Melbourne removalists charge per hour?

Two movers and a truck cost $105-$190 an hour↗. Three movers cost $145-$260 an hour↗. What's The Damage puts Melbourne's starting rate at from $105/hr↗, which is the floor rather than the going rate.

How much is a Melbourne move by bedrooms?

Melbourne local move total, by home size

Melbourne local move total, by home size 1 bedroom: Melbourne $315-$735. 2 bedrooms: Melbourne $525-$1,250. 3 bedrooms: Melbourne $840-$2,100. 4 bedrooms: Melbourne $1,250-$3,150. Source: What's The Damage, Melbourne figures, September 2026. 1 bedroom $315-$735 2 bedrooms $525-$1,250 3 bedrooms $840-$2,100 4 bedrooms $1,250-$3,150 $0 $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000
Source: What's The Damage, Melbourne figures, September 2026. Links in the sources list below.
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  Melbourne
1 bedroom $315-$735
2 bedrooms $525-$1,250
3 bedrooms $840-$2,100
4 bedrooms $1,250-$3,150

A 2-bedroom unit in Brunswick moving to Coburg sits in the $525-$1,250↗ band. Add a piano or a month in storage and the total moves well outside it, so price the extras separately in the calculator rather than hoping they are included.

What do packing and storage add in Melbourne?

Packing a 3-bedroom home costs $315-$840↗. Storage through a removalist runs $160-$420 a month↗ a month, while StoragePrices.au puts the median medium self storage unit in Melbourne at $185/mo↗. The two measure different things: one is the removalist holding your goods, the other is a unit you rent and access yourself.

What does Consumer Affairs Victoria warn about?

Two ways an hourly removal job can be timed A job runs depot, old home, new home, depot. One removalist may charge from the moment the truck leaves the depot until it returns; another charges only between your two addresses. Depot to depot Door to door Depot Old home New home Depot Ask which one your hourly rate uses
Where an hourly job can start and stop. Ask before you book, as Queensland's guidance suggests.

Consumer Affairs Victoria recorded 726 reports in 2020↗ about removalists, up from 656 reports in 2019↗. Among the allegations it cited when it warned Victorians about one operator: longer routes to inflate charges↗. That is the reason the diagram above matters. If the meter runs from the depot, the route home is billable.

  • Compare what is included, not only the total: don't just accept the lowest quote↗.
  • Keep jewellery, passports and anything irreplaceable out of the truck: keep valuables separate↗.
  • Get three written quotes↗. That is Western Australia's advice, and it travels well.

More on the tactics regulators describe, and where to complain, in how to avoid removalist scams.

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