Abbotsford has an unusually strong field of removalists — 22 of the 25 servicing the area have earned a recent Word of Mouth Service Award (88% award rate), with 5,435 customer reviews and an average rating of 4.8 stars.
About this suburb
With 55% of Abbotsford households in rentals, move volume is high — reflected in removalists here receiving 263% more reviews than the Victorian average. Probe experience with strata move-in/out permits, protecting shared corridors and lifts, and same-day condition photos.
What locals say
Post-job trust signals from local customers show 100% would choose their removalist again, 100% found them on time and reliable and 100% described them as friendly and professional. Review activity here is higher than typical: Abbotsford averages 286.1 new removalist reviews a year — 263% above the Victorian average — a larger sample than most suburbs in the state.
What it costs
Reviewed removalist jobs in Abbotsford have a median price of $930 — the middle 50% of jobs fall between $670 and $1,300. Nearby: Collingwood ($930), Clifton Hill ($930), Richmond ($1,000). Prices have risen 736% since 2008 (from $120 to $1,003 median), averaging 40.9% per year. Three in four reviewed jobs come in at or below $1,300 — a useful sanity-check number when comparing quotes.
Demand patterns
Demand for removalists in Abbotsford peaks around February and drops to its quietest in December based on review patterns — something to factor in if your job is flexible on dates.
Based on 5,435 customer reviews collected on Word of Mouth between 2008–2026, and ABS Census 2021 data.
