List of postal codes in Australia

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Postcodes were introduced in Australia in 1967 by the Postmaster-General's Department (PMG), the predecessor of Australia Post.

Australian postcodes are routing information, and while they are often associated with a single bounded geographical area (e.g. suburb or town) they are not always contiguous areas. They sometimes have quite complex geography, especially in areas beyond the urban fringe (e.g. the southern Queensland 4352 postcode). Some postcodes cover large populations, 4350 serving some 100,000 people in the City of Toowoomba.

Australian Postcodes are four digits long, and written after the name of the city, suburb, or town, and the state or territory:

400 Kent Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

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Format

Although the first digit of the post code indicates the state or territory, an abbreviation is also used:

State/TerritoryAbbreviationPost Code
New South WalesNSW2xxx
Australian Capital Territory ACT2600 to 2618 and 29xx
Victoria Vic3xxx
QueenslandQld4xxx
South AustraliaSA5xxx
Western AustraliaWA6xxx
TasmaniaTas7xxx
Northern TerritoryNT08xx and 09xx

This does not apply to Australia's External Territories of Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 

Norfolk Island 2899
Christmas Island 6798
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 6799
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State and territory capitals

Each state or territory's capital has two separate post codes, for street addresses (ending with the digits '00') and PO Box addresses (ending with the digits '01'):

CityState/TerritoryStreet AddressPO Box Address
SydneyNSW20002001
CanberraACT26002601
MelbourneVic30003001
BrisbaneQld40004001
AdelaideSA50005001
PerthWA60006001
Hobart Tas70007001
DarwinNT08000801
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Post Codes for PO Box and large users

In the late 1990s, new post code ranges were introduced for PO Box and large users in the following cities:

CityState/TerritoryPost Code
CanberraACT 02xx
SydneyNSW 1xxx
MelbourneVic8xxx
BrisbaneQld9xxx
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Exceptions to these Postcode Ranges

Although postcode areas in Australia are supposed to correspond with state and territory boundaries, there are many exceptions as of 22 September 2005 (taken by querying Australia Post's own public database):

PostcodeSuburbState Derived from Postcode RangesActual State for this Suburb
0872ERNABELLANTSA
0872FREGONNTSA
2540HMAS CRESWELLNSWACT
2540JERVIS BAYNSWACT
2611BRINDABELLAACTNSW
2611URIARRAACTNSW
2620HUMENSWACT
2620THARWANSWACT
3500PARINGIVICNSW
3644BAROOGAVICNSW
3707BRINGENBRONGVICNSW

Some or all of the postcodes above may span two states. For example postcode 2620 covers both a suburb in NSW (Gundaroo) as well as a suburb in the ACT (Hume) - the postcode is within the ACT range.

Jervis Bay, an enclave of the ACT, is geographically located on the coast of NSW, just south of the towns of Vincentia and Huskisson, which accounts for it having a NSW postcode.

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See also

  1. List of postcodes in the Australian Capital Territory
  2. List of postcodes in Geelong
  3. List of postcodes in New South Wales (A-E)
  4. List of postcodes in New South Wales (F-M)
  5. List of postcodes in New South Wales (N-Z)
  6. List of postcodes in the Northern Territory
  7. List of postcodes in Queensland (A-K)
  8. List of postcodes in Queensland (L-Z)
  9. List of postcodes in South Australia
  10. List of postcodes in Tasmania, Australia
  11. List of postcodes in Victoria, Australia
  12. List of postcodes in Western Australia
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