Start pet sitting in Melbourne on your own hours
Offer one service or several across Melbourne and take only what fits your week. Set your own rates and keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Melbourne
Melbourne changes its mind mid-afternoon. The cool change comes up off Port Phillip Bay and takes the day back with it, so a walk booked for eight and one booked for four can be different jobs, and the averages hide all of it: 26.8 degrees in January, 14.5 by day and 7.5 overnight in July. The other thing worth knowing is what Melbourne does not have. The paralysis tick that shapes a round in Sydney or Brisbane is not established in the metro area, so the local watch list is the change, the heat spikes and a coat for the short-coated dog in winter.
When demand peaks
Victoria keeps two public holidays nobody else has, the Friday before the AFL grand final, which fronts a long weekend, and Melbourne Cup day, a Tuesday that a lot of people bridge into one. Both sit in the September to November stretch. Between the holiday blocks the reliable work is weekday and it concentrates in the inner north, where owners in Brunswick, Northcote and Fitzroy book around office days rather than trips. The towers at Docklands and along the river are the other half of that market, because there is no yard and no back door.
Know your Melbourne areas
Most bookings cluster from Brunswick and Northcote down through Fitzroy and Richmond to South Yarra, Prahran and St Kilda. Owners look for sitters who know the area and can reach them without a long trip.
Breeds you will meet in Melbourne
Owners here mostly keep Cavoodle, Groodle, Border Collie, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Knowing how those breeds behave, and saying so on your profile, is what turns a first booking into a repeat client.
Pet sitting demand in Melbourne
Melbourne runs on a busy work-and-commute rhythm, and that is exactly what keeps pet minding and dog walking in steady demand across the city. Inner suburbs like Fitzroy, Carlton, Richmond and Brunswick lean heavily towards apartments and terraces, where dogs need a midday walk while owners are in the office or on the tram into the CBD. Leafier pockets such as South Yarra and St Kilda bring a mix of houses with backyards, families with two working parents, and plenty of small and medium dogs plus a good share of cats. Dog walking, drop-in visits and weekday pet minding are the most requested services, so a local sitter rarely runs short of work.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Melbourne. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Dog walking
A$28 to A$45 per 30 to 60 minute walk
Drop-in visits
A$30 to A$45 per 20 to 30 minute visit
Doggy daycare
A$50 to A$75 per day
Dog boarding
A$55 to A$90 per night
House sitting
A$60 to A$105 per night
Melbourne areas that book the most
Petme bookings in Melbourne come from neighbourhoods like Melbourne CBD, Fitzroy, Carlton, across walks, drop-in visits, daycare, and boarding.
A blanket no-pets rule in a Victorian owners corporation has been held invalid and unenforceable. A body corporate can still set reasonable conditions on noise, hygiene and keeping an animal restrained or in a carrier across common property, and that last one is the part that actually decides how you collect a dog from a Docklands tower. Off-leash areas and their hours belong to the council rather than the state, so two parks a few suburbs apart can run different rules.
Built for sitters in Melbourne
Keep up to 90%
You set your rate. Petme keeps a low service fee, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
Full schedule control
No assigned shifts and no minimum hours. Accept or decline each request and pause your profile whenever you need to.
Protection Plan for eligible vet costs
Owners booking through Petme have the Protection Plan, up to A$32,000 for eligible vet costs, subject to its terms.
Pet Sitting Jobs in Melbourne
What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Melbourne.
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What protection comes with each booking?
When do overnight pet sitting bookings peak in Melbourne?
Pet sitting jobs near Melbourne
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Melbourne
Set your own rate. Protection Plan up to A$32,000, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.
