HGV class 2 driver jobs in Torbay

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Torbay holds 75 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 75 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Torbay than either number on its own. Warehousing sits below road freight here, which usually means more general haulage and less own-account distribution.

Freight, warehousing and courier work together come to 155 employee jobs in Torbay, out of 48,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 30 freight transport by road workplaces in Torbay at the March 2025 reference date, 0 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 25 of them, 83.3%, employ under ten, below the usual share, so rigid work leans towards operators big enough for fixed rounds.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Torbay, 30 are part time, 40% of the split. The middle across the South West is 24.4%, so Torbay sits above it, 2nd of 14 areas on this measure. That is a high part-time share for road freight, which in an area this size usually reflects relief and seasonal rounds rather than a different kind of employer.

Two further counts round out the Torbay picture: 5 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.01% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Torbay ranks 14th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 1,500, against 75 in Torbay. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Torbay in that order sit Bath and North East Somerset at 100 and Isles of Scilly at 0.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Torbay ranks 15th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 20, against 0 in Torbay. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Torbay in that order sit Isles of Scilly at 0.

These are 75 jobs and 30 workplaces that exist in Torbay, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.