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Payment methods in Australia
Here are the top takeaways you need to know about the Australian e-commerce market:
- In 2022, e-commerce was worth US$43 billion (16% of all retail). By 2027, this will increase to US$71 billion.
- Australians use cards in just 41% of all online transactions and cash in only 1%. The remainder they pay for with a variety of digital payment methods.
- The average Australian online shopper spends US$1,992 with e-commerce merchants every year, set to rise to US$3,051 by 2027.
- Australians use mobile devices in 42% of all their online purchases, up from just 36% as recently as 2020.
- Popular payment methods among Australian online shoppers include PayPal and Zip.
Population
Online Population
B2C E-commerce
Banked Population
Credit Card Population
E-commerce of Total Retail
Payment Method Breakdown
- Card 41%
- Cash 1%
- Bank Transfer 10%
- E-Wallet 31%
- Other 17%
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Popular payment methods
PayPal
Wallet
Consumer countries:
AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAngolaArgentinaArmeniaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahrainBangladeshBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBhutanBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazilBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanadaCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaColombiaComorosCongo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Rep.Costa RicaCote d’IvoireCroatiaCubaCuracaoCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkDjiboutiDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEstoniaEthiopiaFinlandFranceGabonGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGreeceGuatemalaGuineaHaitiHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJordanKazakhstanKenyaKosovoKuwaitKyrgyz RepublicLao PDRLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacauNorth MacedoniaMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaliMaltaMauritaniaMauritiusMexicoMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMoroccoMyanmarNamibiaNepalNetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorwayOmanPakistanPanamaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRomaniaRussiaRwandaSan MarinoSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSierra LeoneSingaporeSlovakiaSloveniaSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSpainSri LankaSudanSwazilandSwedenSwitzerlandSyrian Arab RepublicTaiwanTajikistanTanzaniaThailandTogoTrinidad and TobagoUzbekistanVenezuelaVietnamZambiaZimbabwe
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Zip
Buy Now, Pay Later
Consumer countries:
AustraliaCanadaCzech RepublicIndiaMexicoNew ZealandPhilippinesPolandSaudi ArabiaSouth AfricaUnited Arab EmiratesUnited States
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Card Scheme Breakdown
- Visa 50%
- Mastercard 27%
- American Express 7%
- Local schemes 16%
- Other 0%
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Cross-Border E-Commerce
62
Online shoppers who have shopped cross-border
29
Cross-border proportion of total e-commerce
12 bn
$US
Value of cross-border e-commerce
Top cross-border shopping origin markets