The used car market, November 2026
About 71,000 used cars are for sale, with a typical asking price of $29,000. SUVs are more than half of them, and utes cost the most of the big body types.
This is our first monthly look at the used car market. It counts every used car we found advertised for sale in Australia in the second week of November 2026, with a car advertised in more than one place counted once. Near-new cars (under 1,000 km) are left out, as they are priced like new cars.
All prices here are asking prices, not sale prices, and each figure is a median: half the cars are cheaper and half dearer. Medians are rounded to the nearest $500.
The headline figures
| November 2026 | |
|---|---|
| Used cars for sale | about 71,000 |
| Median asking price | $29,000 |
| Median odometer | 78,000 km |
| Models on sale | about 800 |
| Makes on sale | about 150 |
SUVs are more than half the market
Of every ten used cars for sale, five or six are SUVs. Utes and hatchbacks come next, at about one in six each. Sedans are now fewer than one in ten.
| Body | For sale | Median price | Median km |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUV | about 39,000 | $30,000 | 69,000 |
| Ute | about 12,000 | $37,000 | 97,000 |
| Hatch | about 11,000 | $18,000 | 82,000 |
| Sedan | about 5,700 | $25,000 | 101,000 |
| Van | about 2,100 | $34,000 | 107,000 |
| Coupe | about 1,300 | $63,000 | 50,000 |
| Convertible | about 260 | $36,000 | 77,000 |
Utes are the dearest of the big groups even though they have done the most kilometres. A typical used ute asks $7,000 more than a typical used SUV, with 28,000 km more on the clock. Coupes cost the most of all, because the group is mostly sports and performance cars.
Hatchbacks are the cheapest way into a used car, at a median of $18,000.
Toyota has more cars for sale than the next two makes combined
| Make | For sale | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| Toyota | about 13,000 | $38,000 |
| Ford | about 5,900 | $36,500 |
| Hyundai | about 5,300 | $23,000 |
| Mazda | about 4,700 | $24,500 |
| Mitsubishi | about 4,200 | $25,000 |
| Kia | about 4,100 | $24,000 |
| Nissan | about 3,500 | $25,000 |
| Volkswagen | about 3,000 | $23,500 |
| Mercedes-Benz | about 2,900 | $40,000 |
| Subaru | about 2,800 | $26,000 |
Toyota's median is high for a mainstream make. Much of its stock is HiLux, Prado and LandCruiser, which hold their value well (see HiLux or Ranger: which holds its value?).
What a car is worth as it ages
Across the whole market, a one-year-old car asks a median of $47,000, a five-year-old $31,000 and a ten-year-old $19,000. We look at where the drop slows in When does a car stop losing value?
Next month
From December we will compare each month with the one before, so this report will show which prices are rising and falling. The figures behind every model are in our price guides, updated as cars are listed and sold.
