Are electric skateboards legal in Victoria?
Not allowed on public roads. Victoria names electric skateboards and bans them from all public riding surfaces. The Department of Transport and Planning says “You can use motorised personal mobility devices such as hoverboards and electric skateboards on private property, but not roads and footpaths.” It says that, ridden on public property, these devices are unregistered motor vehicles. The 2024 e-scooter legalisation does not cover them, because a legal e-scooter must be “steered by a handlebar”.
33 electric skateboards in stock in Australia, priced at each shop ↓
What the law says
| What the text says | Section | |
|---|---|---|
| Named as a motorised personal mobility device | The official list of “Motorised personal mobility devices” includes “electric skateboards”, “hoverboards”, “electric unicycles” and “self-balancing electric devices with a single tyre (e.g. Onewheels)”. | Transport Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning), “Hoverboards and similar devices” |
| Private property only | “You can use your motorised personal mobility device on private property if you have permission from the land owner.” | Transport Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning), “Hoverboards and similar devices” |
| Banned from public places | “These devices don’t meet Australian Design Rules or Victorian registration and licensing requirements, and are not exempt from these requirements like bicycles or e-scooters are. If ridden on public property they are unregistered motor vehicles.” They therefore “can’t be used on” roads, shared paths, footpaths and road-related areas. | Transport Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning), “Hoverboards and similar devices” |
| Not a wheeled recreational device | Victoria's wheeled-recreational-device category (Road Safety Road Rules 2017, Part 14, rules 240–244B) includes “skateboards”. It excludes “hoverboards and other motorised devices (e.g. electric unicycles, Onewheels, etc)”. The only motorised device it covers is “low-powered low-speed electric scooters (with a maximum 200-watts of power and maximum speed capability of 10km/h)”. | Transport Victoria, “Skateboards, foot scooters and roller blades” |
| E-scooter legalisation does not extend to boards | A legal e-scooter “has two wheels (one in front of the other)”, “has a footboard between the front and rear wheels” and “is steered by a handlebar”. Riders must “be 16 years old or over”, “wear a properly fitting helmet” and “ride at no more than 20 km/h”. These rules are in Road Safety Road Rules 2017, Part 15. | Transport Victoria, “E-scooter road rules” |
| Segway tours only | “Segways are currently only allowed if used as part of a tour for tourism purposes and in areas and routes authorised by the Department of Transport and Planning.” | Transport Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning), “Hoverboards and similar devices” |
Each row is the statute's own content, reduced to plain wording where it is long and quoted directly where the exact words matter. The section in the last column is a link to the text.
Electric skateboards in stock in Australia
Read the law above before you buy. The texts we read for Victoria keep this device off public roads. Private land and closed tracks are another matter, and some riders buy for a trip or a move — check where you would actually ride it first.
Priced at shops in Australia, in the currency they charge. Real deals and new lows first, then the lowest price; checked twice a day at the shop itself. We do not rate boards and take no payment for a place here.
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Exway Wave Riot - Electric Skateboard
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Diablo Bamboo Street Electric Skateboard
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Onsra Challenger 2.0 Electric Skateboard | Belt Drive
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3999.99 AUD3299.99 AUD | ✓New low |
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What the law above asks you to wear or fit: 77 helmets and pads in stock — a rule above names the helmet.
Sources
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Transport Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning), “Hoverboards and similar devices” — Rules for hoverboards and similar devices in Victoria - Transport Victoria.
Official source, read 2026-09-25.
Page read in a browser because transport.vic.gov.au blocks automated fetch (HTTP 403). -
Transport Victoria, “Skateboards, foot scooters and roller blades” — Skateboards scooters and roller blades - Transport Victoria.
Official source, read 2026-09-25.
Refers to Road Safety Road Rules 2017, Part 14 (rules 240–244B). The legislation itself was not fetched. -
Transport Victoria, “E-scooter road rules” — E-scooter road rules in Victoria - Transport Victoria.
Official source, read 2026-09-25.
E-scooter rules are in Road Safety Road Rules 2017, Part 15 (per the page).
Every source on this page is the text as published by the legislature or the state agency itself. Open them.
How Victoria compares
The same four questions for Victoria and its neighbours and the rest of the country, each linked to its own page and citations. All 99 jurisdictions we have read are side by side on Compare all jurisdictions.
| Jurisdiction | Status | Helmet | Speed limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Australian Capital Territory | Regulated | s 244H(1): “A person travelling in or on a personal mobility device must wear an approved | s 244FB: an offence is committed by travelling faster than “ |
| New South Wales | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Northern Territory | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Queensland | Regulated | “When you ride a personal mobility device, you must wear an approved bicycle helmet or an | “You may ride on paths unless there's a sign prohibiting per |
| South Australia | Regulated | “PMD riders must: be aged 16 years or over wear a helmet”. “When you ride a PMD, you must | — |
| Tasmania | Regulated | “Yes. All PMD users must wear an approved helmet.” | “PMD users must not exceed: 15km/h on footpaths 25km/h on sh |
| Western Australia | Regulated | r 223B(2): “A person must not ride an electric rideable device on a road or path unless th | r 15(2): a person “must not ride an electric rideable device |
Compare all 99 jurisdictions →
The spread is the point. These are neighbouring jurisdictions regulating the same object, and they do not agree on what it is, how fast it may go, who may ride it, or whether it may be ridden at all. A rider who crosses a state line is, quite often, subject to a different legal category rather than a stricter version of the same one — which is why a single national answer to this question does not exist and why anyone offering you one has stopped reading the law.
It also explains why so many rows say the device is unaddressed. Most vehicle codes were written before this machine existed, and a legislature that has not revisited them has not thereby permitted anything — it has left the question to a general classification and to your city.
What about a Onewheel?
Private property only. Victoria's transport department lists “self-balancing electric devices with a single tyre (e.g. Onewheels)” among motorised personal mobility devices. They may be used only “on private property if you have permission from the land owner” — not on roads or footpaths.
Every jurisdiction that names a one-wheel board, side by side: Are Onewheels legal?
Onewheel prices, read at the shops: what a Onewheel costs new · used Onewheel prices · Onewheel or electric skateboard · buy or sell a used one.
What this page does not tell you
- It is not legal advice, and it never says you may ride. It says what the statute says, and links it.
- It does not cover municipal law. Cities regulate sidewalks, parks, paths and often these devices by name. Those rules sit on top of everything above.
- It does not cover private property, insurance, or what happens after an accident.
- It may be out of date. Every source carries the day we read it. A statute amended since then will not have updated itself here.
Across the border: New South Wales · South Australia · Tasmania. Every other jurisdiction: the full list.
Questions this raises
Are electric skateboards legal in Victoria?
The state says the device may not be operated on public highways. Victoria names electric skateboards and bans them from all public riding surfaces. The Department of Transport and Planning says “You can use motorised personal mobility devices such as hoverboards and electric skateboards on private property, but not roads and footpaths.” It says that, ridden on public property, these devices are unregistered motor vehicles. The 2024 e-scooter legalisation does not cover them, because a legal e-scooter must be “steered by a handlebar”.
Is a Onewheel legal in Victoria?
Private property only. Victoria's transport department lists “self-balancing electric devices with a single tyre (e.g. Onewheels)” among motorised personal mobility devices. They may be used only “on private property if you have permission from the land owner” — not on roads or footpaths.
Do I need a helmet in Victoria?
No rule naming this device addresses helmets in the sources we have read for Victoria. Your municipality may have one.
How fast am I allowed to go in Victoria?
No speed limit specific to this device appears in the sources we have read for Victoria.
Does this cover city rules?
No. This page reads state, provincial or national law only. Municipal codes frequently add rules — on sidewalks, parks and paths especially — and where the state has written nothing, the city has written everything.
How do I check this myself?
Open the links in the sources below. Every row in the table above names the section it comes from, and every source shows the date we read it. That is the whole point of the page: you should not have to take our word for it.