territory

AustraliaStatesandterritories[1]

Thefirstoneortwonumbersusuallyshowthestateorterritorythatthepostcodebelongs

to

2-digitpostcodeareasAustralia

State/TerritoryAbbreviationPostcoderange

NewSouthWalesNSW

1000—1999(LVRsandPOBoxesonly)

2000—2599

2619—2899

2921—2999

AustralianCapitalTerritoryACT

0200—0299(LVRsandPOBoxesonly)

2600—2618

2900—2920

VictoriaVIC

3000—3999

8000—8999(LVRsandPOBoxesonly)

QueenslandQLD

4000—4999

9000—9999(LVRsandPOBoxesonly)

SouthAustraliaSA

5000—5799

5800—5999(LVRsandPOBoxesonly)

WesternAustraliaWA

6000—6797

6800—6999(LVRsandPOBoxesonly)

TasmaniaTAS

7000—7799

7800—7999(LVRsandPOBoxesonly)

NorthernTerritoryNT

0800—0899

0900—0999(LVRsandPOBoxesonly)

Sometimesnearthestateandterritoryborders,AustraliaPostfindsiteasiertondmail

throughanearbypostofficethatisacrosstheborder:

PostcodeLocality

Statederivedfrom

Postcoderanges

ActualState

forthislocality

0872ALPURRURULAMNTQLD

0872ERNABELLANTSA

0872FREGONNTSA

0872INDULKANANTSA

0872MIMILINTSA

0872NGAANYATJARRA-GILESNTWA

0872GIBSONDESERTNORTHNTWA

0872GIBSONDESERTSOUTHNTWA

2540HMASCRESWELLNSWJervisBayTerritory

2540JERVISBAYNSWJervisBayTerritory

2611BRINDABELLAACTNSW

2611URIARRAACTNSW

2620HUMENSWACT

2620KOWENFORESTNSWACT

2620OAKSESTATENSWACT

2620THARWANSWACT

2620TOPNAASNSWACT

3500PARINGIVICNSW

3585MURRAYDOWNSVICNSW

3586MALLANVICNSW

3644BAROOGAVICNSW

3644LALALTYVICNSW

3707BRINGENBRONGVICNSW

Thepostcodesdonotfollowtheruleabove:

2406:

MUNGINDI,NSW

WEEMELAH,NSW

MUNGINDI,QLD

2540:

HMASCRESWELL,ACT

JERVISBAY,ACT

manyotherlocalitiesinNSW

2611:

BIMBERI,NSW

BRINDABELLA,NSW

COOLEMAN,NSW

URIARRA,NSW

manyotherlocalitiesinACT

4380:

MINGOOLA,NSW

otherlocalitiesinQLD

4377:

MARYLAND,NSW

GLENNIVEN,QLD

THESUMMIT,QLD

3691:

LAKEHUMEVILLAGE,NSW

otherlocalitiesinVIC

mplepostcode2620

coversbothalocalityinNSW(Gundaroo)aswellasalocalityintheACT(Hume)-the

postcodeiswithintheACTrange.

JervisBayTerritory,onceanexclaveoftheACTbutnowaparateterritory,is

stsouthofthetownsofVincentiaand

Huskisson,theJervisBayTerritoryisstill

addresdtotheACT.

ThenumbersudtoshowthestateoneachradiocallsigninAustraliaarethesame

numberasthefirstnumberforpostcodesinthatstate,e.g.2xxinNewSouthWales,3xxin

Victoria,allsignspre-datepostcodesinAustraliabymorethanfortyyears.

Externalterritories[]

Australia'xternalterritoriesarealsoincludedinAustraliaPost'

theterritoriesdonotbelongtoanystate,theyareaddresdassuchformailsorting:

ExternalterritoryPostalstatePostcode

NorfolkIslandNSW2899

ChristmasIslandWA6798

Cocos(Keeling)IslandsWA6799

ThreescientificbasinAntarcticaoperatedbytheAustralianNationalAntarctic

RearchExpionsshareapostcodewiththeisolatedsub-AntarcticislandofMacquarie

Island(partofTasmania):

AntarcticbaPostalstatePostcode

CayStationTAS7151

DavisStationTAS7151

MawsonStationTAS7151

Stateandterritorycapitalcities[]

Eachstate'scapitalcityendswiththreezeroes,whileterritorialcapitalcitiendwithtwo

lcitypostcodeswerethelowestpostcodesintheirstateorterritoryrange,

tnumbercan

usuallybechangedfrom"0"to"1"togetthepostcodeforGeneralPostOfficeboxesin

anycapitalcity(thoughPerthnowusadifferentrangeofpostcodesforitsGPOBoxes):

CityState/TerritoryStreetAddressGPOBoxAddress

SydneyNSW20002001

CanberraACT26002601

MelbourneVIC30003001

BrisbaneQLD40004001

AdelaideSA50005001

PerthWA60006837—6848

HobartTAS70007001

DarwinNT08000801

Allocationwithinstates[]

Whilethefirstnumberofapostcodeusuallyshowsthestateorterritory,thecond

r,postcodeswiththesame

ample,postcodesintherange

2200–2299aresplitbetweenthesouthernsuburbsofSydneyandtheCentralCoastof

NewSouthWales.

Postcodeswithacondnumberof"0"or"1"arealmostalwayslocatedwithinthe

metropolitanareaofthestate'deswithhighercondnumbersare

exceptionsarewheretownswere

ruralwhenpostcodeswerefirstintroducedin1967,buthavesincebeensuburbanid

andincorporatedintometropolitanareas,h,NewSouthWaleshasthe

postcode2750andPetrie,Queenslandhasthepostcode4502.

Withineachregionwiththesamecondnumber,postcodesusuallygetbiggerthe

furtheronetravelsfromthestate'

instance,headingnorthontheNorthCoastrailwayinNewSouthWalesawayfrom

Sydney:

TownPostcodeDistancefromCentralStation

Dungog2420245km(152mi)

Taree2430378km(235mi)

Kempy2440503km(313mi)

CoffsHarbour2450607km(377mi)

Grafton2460695km(432mi)

Casino2470805km(500mi)

Majortownsandcities[]

Majortownsandcitiestendtohave"0"asthelastnumberorlasttwonumbers,

mpton,Queenslandhasthepostcode4700andBallarat,Victoriahasthe

reexceptions;themajortownofIpswich,Queenslandhasthe

postcode4305,whileGoodna,arelativelyunimportantsuburbofIpswich,isallocated

4300.