Overview
- A Royal Mail survey of 1,000 people with secondary incomes reports average side-hustle earnings of £452 a month, or £5,420 a year.
- Millennials lead with about £577 a month (£6,923 a year), while some respondents say their side income occasionally surpasses their main wage.
- Fifty-eight percent want to make their side venture their primary income and 16% already have plans, with 67% confident they can expand within a year.
- Most sellers operate from home (94%) and sell roughly 32 items online every six months across marketplaces and social platforms.
- Two-thirds prefer dropping parcels at a point and 35% use home collection, while time, motivation and customer acquisition are top hurdles despite 53% reporting year-on-year income growth.