Australia Post is investing $25m in a new parcel facility in Adelaide, South Australia to meet the demand for parcels boosted by an increase in online shopping in the state. The new facility will be the company’s biggest operational investment in South Australia ever.
The new site will consolidate operations currently carried out across multiple sites into one state-of-the-art facility, featuring automated parcel processing which the company claims will significantly boost parcel processing capacity.
The company has stated that South Australians are shopping online more than ever before, with this investment part of Australia Post’s ongoing efforts to keep up with demand, particularly in growing areas such as Adelaide.
“More than 14,000 South Australian households shopped online for the first time in April, with Adelaide’s postcode alone ranking third nationally by percentage of new online shoppers. This drove the state’s overall online shopping growth figure for the month to an incredible 86% up on last year,” said Australia Post Group Chief Executive Officer and Manager Director Christine Holgate.
According to Australia Post’s 2020 Inside Australian Online Shopping Report, South Australians are big buyers of fashion, health and beauty and home and garden products with growth in the state across the three categories up 19.2%, 12.6% and 11.9% year-on-year respectively in 2019.
Preparations for the new Adelaide parcels facility are already underway with the site due to become operational in 2021.
Source: Australia Post
