🚗 Carsales.com.au Car Data Scraper

Scrape new and used car listings from carsales.com.au — Australia's biggest car marketplace — in seconds, no coding required.

A carsales scraper API alternative and car market data API in one: give it a make and model (or leave them blank) and this actor pulls a structured vehicle listings dataset straight from carsales.com.au — price, year, trim, mileage, condition, photos, and more. Built for used car data extraction, competitor price monitoring, and car dealer lead generation, without writing a single line of scraping code.

🇦🇺 Part of the Australia Car Data Scraper collection

Use this actor if you only need carsales.com.au data. For multi-site coverage, use one of the collective actors instead:

• All Car Data Scraper Australia — searches carsales.com.au plus 5 more major Australian car sites (new + used) in one run.
• Used Car Data Scraper Australia — same 6 sites, used/second-hand listings only.

Or scrape another single Australian site directly:

• AutoTrader.com.au Car Data Scraper
• CarsGuide.com.au Car Data Scraper
• Pickles.com.au Car Data Scraper
• Drive.com.au Car Data Scraper
• JustCars.com.au Car Data Scraper

🧑‍💼 Who uses this

• Car dealers using this as a competitor price monitoring tool across carsales.com.au for their region or segment
• Market researchers building a vehicle listings dataset for Australia to track used car price trends over time
• Classified sites & dropship platforms aggregating real listings instead of manual data entry
• Investors & analysts studying vehicle depreciation by make, model, and year
• Developers feeding carsales.com.au data into their own app, CRM, or dashboard

✨ Why use this instead of browsing manually

• 🔎 Any make, any model, or none at all — leave make/model blank to search across the whole site instead of one vehicle line (default maxItems is 20 per run — raise or set it to 0 for deeper coverage).
• 🆕 New and used, distinctly filterable — carsales.com.au has real separate search views for new vs. used inventory, not a guess-and-filter approach, so results are exact.
• 📄 Real depth — set "Max results" to 0 and it pages through as much real inventory as the query actually has (up to a 5,000-listing safety ceiling), not just a first-page sample — useful for building a full Australian car listings dataset rather than a spot check.
• 🖼️ Photos included — every listing's main image comes through in the output.
• 🛡️ Built to survive anti-bot walls — carsales.com.au blocks non-proxied traffic aggressively; proxy handling is built in.

💰 Pricing

This actor makes lightweight HTTP requests only — no browser is launched — so it runs on comparatively few Apify compute units per listing. See the Pricing tab on this actor's Store page for current rates before running at scale.

⚙️ Input

Nothing is required except a proxy.

Field	Type	Description
make	string	Optional. e.g. "Ford", "Toyota". Leave blank to search every make.
model	string	Optional. e.g. "F-150", "Corolla". Leave blank to search all models of the make.
condition	string	"any" (default), "new", or "used".
maxItems	integer	Stop once this many listings are collected. Default 20. Set to 0 for "no limit".
proxyConfiguration	object	Required. Defaults to an Australian residential proxy.

📦 Output

One row per listing:

{
  "url": "https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2024-ford-f-150-lariat-swb-auto-fulltime-4wd-dr-my23/OAG-AD-26176768/",
  "title": "2024 Ford F-150 Lariat SWB Auto FullTime 4WD DR MY23",
  "image": "https://carsales.pxcrush.net/carsales/cars/dealer/6ejeyc6n01t7qg136ojuv4t6m.jpg",
  "make": "Ford",
  "model": "F-150",
  "price": 94990,
  "vin": null,
  "location": null,
  "sellerName": null,
  "sellerPhone": null,
  "currency": "AUD",
  "trim": "Lariat SWB Auto FullTime 4WD DR MY23",
  "year": 2024,
  "condition": "used",
  "mileage": 74826,
  "exteriorColor": null,
  "listedAt": null
}

You can download the dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or several other formats from the Console, or pull it via the API.

📝 Notes

• vin, location, sellerName, sellerPhone, and exteriorColor are null in this version - they live on the individual listing page rather than the search results, and aren't pulled through yet.
• A residential Australian proxy is required, not optional - the site blocks non-proxied traffic aggressively.

❓ FAQ

Is this actor affiliated with carsales.com.au? No. This is an independent, unofficial scraper built on Apify — it isn't operated by, endorsed by, or affiliated with carsales.com.au in any way.

Do I need to know how to code? No. Fill in the input form (make, model, condition), click "Start", and download the results as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the run's Dataset tab.

Is scraping carsales.com.au data legal? This actor only collects publicly visible listing data. You're responsible for how you use the output — check carsales.com.au's terms of service and applicable law for your specific use case.

How much does this cost to run? This actor doesn't use a browser, so it consumes fewer compute units than most scrapers on a per-listing basis. See the Pricing tab on the Store page for exact current rates.

How is this different from the multi-site actor? This actor only queries carsales.com.au. If you want the same kind of data alongside 5 other Australian car sites in a single run, use All Car Data Scraper Australia instead.

Can I schedule this to run automatically? Yes — use Apify's built-in Scheduler to run this actor on a recurring basis (hourly, daily, weekly) with no code, so your dataset stays current without you starting it manually.

How often is the data updated? Every run pulls live data at the moment it executes — nothing is pre-scraped or served from a stale cache.

Can I get VIN, seller name, or phone number? Not in the current version — those fields live on the individual listing page rather than the search results, and aren't pulled through yet.