ANZSCO 5612

Couriers and Postal Deliverers

Overview

EMPLOYED

42,900

PART-TIME SHARE

20%

FEMALE SHARE

19%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

$1,370

MEDIAN AGE

46

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

500

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Summary

Couriers and Postal Deliverers deliver small items such as documents, messages, mail and parcels.

Tasks

  • Sorting and sequencing items for delivery
  • Delivering mail, parcels, documents and other items to customers' premises and mailboxes
  • Receiving orders for deliveries from customers
  • Collecting signatures and charges for cash-on-delivery orders
  • Issuing and collecting receipts for pick-up and delivery items
  • Keeping records of items received and delivered
  • Maintaining walk books, directories, mail counts, equipment maintenance logs and other delivery records
  • Loading and unloading mail conveyances and internal mail handling equipment
  • Assisting with receipting inward mail, checking wrongly addressed, missorted, undelivered and redirected mail, and processing freepost and underpaid mail

ANZSCO Classification

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    Earnings and Hours

    Weekly Earnings (Before Tax)
    Source: Share of workers who work full-time hours: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average, customised report.
    Average full-time hours worked per week: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Median full-time earnings per week and Median hourly earnings: ABS, Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2023, customised report. Note: median earnings data have not been produced for some occupations where there is a high standard error, and are published with "N/A" values.
    Earnings and Hours Couriers and Postal Deliverers All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 80% 70%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 44 hours 44 hours
    Median full-time earnings per week $1,370 $1,697
    Median hourly earnings $34 $43

    Industries

    Couriers and Postal Deliverers work in industries like:

    Source: Ranked using ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average data, custom report.
    Note: industries that comprise less than 5% of an occupation have been suppressed.

    States and territories

    New South Wales

    33.4%

    Victoria

    23.9%

    Queensland

    19.1%

    South Australia

    7.2%

    Tasmania

    1.8%

    Northern Territory

    0.6%

    Australian Capital Territory

    1.5%

    Source: ABS Labour Force Survey, Detailed, August 2024, Jobs and Skills Australia trend data.

    Age and gender

    Age and Gender Profile
    Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average, customised report.
    Age and Gender Couriers and Postal Deliverers All Occupations
    Median age 46 years 39 years
    Female share of employment 19% 48%
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Couriers and Postal Deliverers
    15–19 5.2 1.2
    20–24 9.1 5.3
    25–34 22.7 17.9
    35–44 22.3 19.0
    45–54 20.4 22.2
    55–59 8.8 13.6
    60–64 6.5 11.9
    65 and Over 4.9 8.8

    Education

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Highest Level of Educational Attainment (% Share) All Occupations Couriers and Postal Deliverers
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 4.6
    Bachelor degree 23.2 11.1
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 10.1
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 18.2
    Year 12 15.9 24.3
    Year 11 4.0 7.1
    Year 10 and below 9.7 19.5
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      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations

      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) is the skill-based classification system used to categorise occupations in the Australian and New Zealand labour markets. ANZSCO provides a basis for the standardised collection, analysis and dissemination of occupation data. Visit the ABS website to learn how ANZSCO works. Jobs and Skills Australia displays data for occupations that are defined by ANZSCO 2013 Version 1.3.