Almost 3000 parcels a minute were delivered to Australians in the last two months of 2024, as shoppers took advantage of online sales.
A new report from Australia Post showed the national postal service set a new record for parcel delivery in November and December, carting 103 million items, a 3.1 percent increase from the previous year.
Australia Post Executive General Manager Parcel, Post, and eCommerce services Gary Starr said 2800 parcels were delivered to Australian households every minute in those two months.
Mr Starr said Australia Post’s latest Australian Online Shopping Report showed that with cost-of-living pressures and high inflation an ongoing concern, Aussies turned to the cyber sales to stretch their dollar further, fuelling a surge in online shopping activity.
He said 7.6 million households made an online purchase in November and December, up 2.4 percent from last year.
“Across the country, Health and Wellness was the crowd favourite, growing 20.5 percent in the number of online purchases, followed closely by Athleisure and Tools & Garden increasing 15.8 percent and 14.6 percent respectively.”
Mr Starr said the Northern Territory (12.4 percent), Tasmania (11.4 percent) and South Australia (8.9 percent) saw the strongest year-on-year growth for states and territories.
“Nationally, the three top suburbs for online shopping were Queensland towns Mackay and Toowoomba and Victoria’s Point Cook.”
He said on its busiest day, December 9, Australia Post delivered over 3 million parcels, and 2 million deliveries per day for more than 30 days.
