Methodology v1
How we get our numbers
Every price on this site is something that was observed on a named source on a recorded date. None is an estimate, an average of estimates, or a figure carried over from somewhere else. This page sets out how the observations become the numbers on a route page, and - just as important - when they are not allowed to.
Prices are shown per cubic metre
The obvious thing to publish would be a typical total for each route. We do not, because the totals on a single route are not comparable with each other. On Sydney to Perth the prices recorded run from a few hundred dollars to several thousand - not because operators disagree that much, but because the jobs behind those prices run from under one cubic metre to twenty-five. A middle value of that is a middle value of the job sizes, not a price for a move, and quoting it would tell you something untrue.
The same observations expressed per cubic metre are orderly, and they show something useful: the rate falls as the load grows. Small loads cost substantially more per cubic metre than large ones. So a route page shows the rate by load size, and a total is only ever worked out for a volume you give it.
What a figure must clear before it is published
A load size on a route shows a price only when all four thresholds below are met. Until then the page shows the count of what has been gathered and what is still missing. It does not show the figure with a caution attached, because a reader takes the number and leaves the caution.
| Observations in that load-size band | 8 or more |
| Independent sources on the route | 2 or more |
| Separate weeks the observations span | 4 or more |
| Age of the newest observation | under 72 hours |
And one exclusion, which is not a threshold
| Load sizes below this are left out of the series entirely | 2 m³ |
The smallest loads are excluded because a minimum charge dominates them: under two cubic metres the rate per cubic metre climbs steeply and stops describing anything you could compare against. Those observations are kept in full, marked as excluded and why - they are not deleted, and they are not averaged in.
Where the observations come from
Two sources at present, both of them comparison sites that publish route prices: Muval and Find a Mover. That concentration is a real limitation and it is stated here rather than glossed. Most removalists publish no route price at all, which is a large part of why this site exists.
The two publish different things. One publishes a rate per cubic metre, from which its own headline total is worked out - so that total is not counted as a second, separate observation. The other publishes individual completed jobs with a price and a volume, from which the rate per cubic metre is worked out. Both trace back to a figure the source published; neither is a guess. Route pages show the two separately rather than blending them, so that a route resting mostly on one source is visible as such.
How big is my load?
Every quote depends on this and almost nobody knows the answer. These are the volumes actually recorded against each kind of home in the jobs collected so far. The ranges are wide and they overlap heavily, which is the honest finding: a two-bedroom house can be a part-load or a full truck depending on how much is going. Treat them as a range to argue from, not an answer.
| Home | Smallest recorded | Middle half | Largest recorded | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom apartment | 2.9 | 3.3 – 7.6 | 10.9 | 23 |
| 1 bedroom house | 0.9 | 3.5 – 10.9 | 18.6 | 42 |
| storage facility | 6.0 | 6.3 – 17.7 | 22.4 | 15 |
| 2 bedroom house | 0.6 | 7.1 – 15.5 | 33.7 | 50 |
| 3 bedroom house | 4.6 | 13.8 – 21.8 | 31.8 | 72 |
| 2 bedroom apartment | 1.0 | 3.6 – 29.8 | 30.0 | 14 |
| 4 bedroom house | 10.5 | 14.6 – 42.4 | 46.4 | 18 |
Cubic metres. Only kinds of home with at least eight recorded jobs are listed.
What this site does not do
- It does not rank removalists, or claim any is better than another.
- It does not publish a saving, a discount or a percentage against anything.
- It does not quote, compare, arrange or recommend transit insurance in any form. Removalist liability for your goods is limited by their own terms and you should read them.
- It does not carry goods, employ drivers or operate vehicles. It introduces you to a removalist, and your contract is with them.
- It does not publish reviews gathered from anywhere else. When reviews appear they will come only from jobs booked through this site and confirmed as completed.
Current state of the record
264 observations recorded, the newest on 15 September 2026. Methodology version v1. If you think a figure here is wrong, it is traceable to the row it came from and we would rather hear about it - get in touch.