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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Torbay
Torbay has 5 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, on the most recent business survey. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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Published figures for Torbay
What the official data says about Torbay
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Torbay has 5 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 75 in freight transport by road, and 7.5 tonne work is run out of both.
Parcel and wholesale operations are where most C1 rounds sit. In Torbay the courier side alone is 0.01% of the 48,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Torbay, median full-time pay was £30,873 a year in 2025. That is the whole local labour market rather than this job, and there is no published local figure for this job to set beside it.
UK Business Counts recorded 60 postal and courier activities workplaces in Torbay at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. C1 rounds run out of the few depots, not the long tail.
Of the postal and courier activities employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Torbay, 0 are part time, 0% of the split. The middle across the South West is 9.1%, so Torbay sits below it, 15th of 15 areas on this measure. Almost all of it is full time, which for C1 work usually means a fixed round rather than relief cover.
Two further counts round out the Torbay picture: 75 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 155 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Torbay ranks 15th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 130, against 5 in Torbay. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Torbay in that order sit Bath and North East Somerset at 5.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Torbay ranks 13th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 160, against 60 in Torbay. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Torbay in that order sit Dorset at 80 and Bath and North East Somerset at 40.
Every figure here counts what exists in Torbay: 5 courier jobs across 60 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 5
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 75
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £30,873
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 60
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 0%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.01%
The 7.5 tonne driver role
A 7.5 tonne rigid on category C1 is the bridge between a van and a lorry. The rounds are local, the drop counts are high and the vehicle is small enough to get down streets an artic could not attempt.
7.5 tonne driver jobs in Torbay: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Torbay?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 75 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Torbay and 75 in warehousing and storage, spread across 95 freight, warehousing and courier workplaces on the 2025 business register. Those are jobs and workplaces that exist in the area, not jobs being advertised.
What does a 7.5 tonne driver earn in Torbay?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Torbay: earnings are not broken down by occupation at local authority level anywhere in the official statistics, so anybody quoting one has estimated it. What is published is the size of the trade here, 60 postal and courier activities workplaces, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is 7.5 tonne driver work in Torbay full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 0% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Torbay, 0 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for 7.5 tonne driver jobs in Torbay?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Torbay sets out what that employer asks for.