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Postcodes were introduced in Australia in 1967 by the <a href="/wiki/Postmaster-General%27s_Department" title="Postmaster-General's Department">Postmaster-General's Department</a> and are now managed by <a href="/wiki/Australia_Post" title="Australia Post">Australia Post</a>, Australia's national postal service. Postcodes are published in booklets available from <a href="/wiki/Post_office" title="Post office">post offices</a> or online from the Australia Post website. </p><p>Australian envelopes and postcards often have four square boxes printed in orange at the bottom right for the postcode. These are used to assist with the automated sorting of mail that has been addressed by hand for Australian delivery. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postcodes_in_Australia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Postcodes were introduced in Australia in 1967 by the <a href="/wiki/Postmaster-General%27s_Department" title="Postmaster-General's Department">Postmaster-General's Department</a> (PMG) to replace earlier postal sorting systems, such as <a href="/wiki/Postal_district_numbers_of_Melbourne" title="Postal district numbers of Melbourne">Melbourne's letter and number codes</a> (e.g., <i>N3</i>, <i>E5</i>) and a similar system then used in rural and regional <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>. The introduction of the postcodes coincided with the introduction of a large-scale mechanical mail sorting system in Australia,<sup id="cite_ref-Vidoni_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vidoni-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> starting with the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_GPO" class="mw-redirect" title="Sydney GPO">Sydney GPO</a>. </p><p>The first digit for each state's postcode was copied directly from <a href="/wiki/Call_signs_in_Australia" title="Call signs in Australia">Australian radio call signs</a>. Over time, digits beyond this set have come to be used for PO Boxes etc., for example the 8000 series refers to special addresses in Victoria. It is sometimes stated that the numbering was based on the (now retired) Australian Military Administrative Districts, however this is incorrect. For example, in that numbering scheme Queensland is 1, and 4 is South Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1968, 75% of mail was using postcodes, and in the same year post office preferred-size envelopes were introduced,<sup id="cite_ref-Vidoni_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vidoni-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which came to be referred to as "standard envelopes". </p><p>Postcode squares were introduced in June 1990<sup id="cite_ref-engaging_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engaging-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to enable Australia Post to use <a href="/wiki/Optical_character_recognition" title="Optical character recognition">optical character recognition</a> (OCR) software in its mail sorting machines to automatically and more quickly sort mail by postcodes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Format">Format</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postcodes_in_Australia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Australian postcodes consist of four digits,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and are written after the name of the city, suburb, or town, and the state or territory: </p> <blockquote><div class="poem"> <p>Recipient Name<br /> 100 Citizen Road<br /> BLACKTOWN NSW 2148 </p> </div></blockquote> <p>When writing an address by hand, and a row of four boxes is pre-printed on the lower right-hand corner of an envelope, the postcode may be written in the boxes instead. When posting to an organisation, business names can be written instead of a recipient name. If an article is intended for a specific identity within an organisation, their identity can be prepended on the line above the business name, with <b>c/-</b> prepended to the business name. </p><p>If addressing a letter from outside Australia, the postcode is recorded before 'Australia', which is placed on a fourth line. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postcodes_in_Australia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Australian postcodes are sorting information. They are often linked with one area (e.g. 6160 belongs only to <a href="/wiki/Fremantle,_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Fremantle, Western Australia">Fremantle, Western Australia</a>). Due to postcode rationalisation, they can be quite complex, especially in country areas (e.g. 2570 belongs to twenty-two towns and suburbs around <a href="/wiki/Camden,_New_South_Wales" title="Camden, New South Wales">Camden, New South Wales</a>). The south-western <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a> 3221 postcode of the <a href="/wiki/Geelong,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Geelong, Victoria">Geelong</a> Mail Centre also includes twenty places around Geelong with very few people. This means that mail for these places is not fully sorted until it gets to Geelong.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Postcode 3221 belongs to only three localities (Barrabool, Ceres, and Gnarwarre) and does not include Geelong (May 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Some postcodes cover large populations (e.g., postcode 4350 serving some 100,000 people in <a href="/wiki/Toowoomba,_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="Toowoomba, Queensland">Toowoomba</a> and the surrounding area), while other postcodes have much smaller populations, even in urban areas. Australian postcodes range from 0200 for the <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a> (now 2601) to 9944 for <a href="/wiki/Cannonvale,_Queensland" title="Cannonvale, Queensland">Cannonvale</a>, Queensland. </p><p>Some towns and suburbs have two postcodes — one for street deliveries and another for <a href="/wiki/Post_office_box" title="Post office box">post office boxes</a>. For example, a street address in the Sydney suburb of <a href="/wiki/Parramatta,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Parramatta, New South Wales">Parramatta</a> would be written like this: </p> <dl><dd>Mr John Smith</dd> <dd>99 George Street</dd> <dd>PARRAMATTA NSW 2150</dd></dl> <p>But mail sent to a PO Box in Parramatta would be addressed: </p> <dl><dd>Mr John Smith</dd> <dd>PO Box 99</dd> <dd>PARRAMATTA NSW 2124</dd></dl> <p>Many large businesses, government departments and other institutions receiving high volumes of mail had their own postcode as a <i>Large Volume Receiver</i> (LVR), e.g. the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Brisbane_and_Women%27s_Hospital" title="Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital">Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital</a> has the postcode 4029, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a> had the postcode 0200. More postcode ranges were made available for LVRs in the 1990s. Australia Post has been progressively discontinuing the LVR programme since 2006.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_without_postcodes">Places without postcodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postcodes_in_Australia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Places without postcodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some places in Australia do not have postcodes. These are typically remote areas with little or no population. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Allocation">Allocation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postcodes_in_Australia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Allocation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australian_states_and_territories">Australian states and territories</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postcodes_in_Australia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Australian states and territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first one or two numerals usually show the state or territory that the postcode belongs to </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2_digit_postcode_australia.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/2_digit_postcode_australia.png/300px-2_digit_postcode_australia.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/2_digit_postcode_australia.png/450px-2_digit_postcode_australia.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/2_digit_postcode_australia.png/600px-2_digit_postcode_australia.png 2x" data-file-width="885" data-file-height="885" /></a><figcaption>2-digit postcode areas of Australia</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>State/Territory</th> <th>Abbreviation</th> <th>Postcode range </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a></td> <td>NSW</td> <td>1000—1999 <i>(LVRs and PO Boxes only)</i><br />2000—2599<br />2619—2899<br />2921—2999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a> </td> <td>ACT</td> <td>0200—0299 <i>(LVRs and PO Boxes only)</i><br />2600—2618<br />2900—2920 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a> </td> <td>VIC</td> <td>3000—3996<br />8000—8999 <i>(LVRs and PO Boxes only)</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a></td> <td>QLD</td> <td>4000—4999<br />9000—9999 <i>(LVRs and PO Boxes only)</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a></td> <td>SA</td> <td>5000—5799<br />5800—5999 <i>(LVRs and PO Boxes only)</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a></td> <td>WA</td> <td>6000—6797<br />6800—6999 <i>(LVRs and PO Boxes only)</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a></td> <td>TAS</td> <td>7000—7799<br />7800—7999 <i>(LVRs and PO Boxes only)</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a></td> <td>NT</td> <td>0800—0899<br />0900—0999 <i>(LVRs and PO Boxes only)</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Sometimes near the state and territory borders, Australia Post finds it easier to send mail through a nearby post office that is across the border: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Postcode</th> <th>Locality</th> <th>State derived from<br />Postcode ranges</th> <th>Actual State<br />for this locality </th></tr> <tr> <td>4825</td> <td>ALPURRURULAM</td> <td>QLD</td> <td>NT </td></tr> <tr> <td>0872</td> <td>ERNABELLA</td> <td>NT</td> <td>SA </td></tr> <tr> <td>0872</td> <td>FREGON</td> <td>NT</td> <td>SA </td></tr> <tr> <td>0872</td> <td>INDULKANA</td> <td>NT</td> <td>SA </td></tr> <tr> <td>0872</td> <td>MIMILI</td> <td>NT</td> <td>SA </td></tr> <tr> <td>0872</td> <td>NGAANYATJARRA-GILES</td> <td>NT</td> <td>WA </td></tr> <tr> <td>0872</td> <td>GIBSON DESERT NORTH</td> <td>NT</td> <td>WA </td></tr> <tr> <td>0872</td> <td>GIBSON DESERT SOUTH</td> <td>NT</td> <td>WA </td></tr> <tr> <td>2406</td> <td>MUNGINDI</td> <td>NSW</td> <td>NSW and QLD </td></tr> <tr> <td>2540</td> <td>HMAS CRESWELL</td> <td>NSW</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jervis_Bay_Territory" title="Jervis Bay Territory">Jervis Bay Territory</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2540</td> <td>JERVIS BAY</td> <td>NSW</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jervis_Bay_Territory" title="Jervis Bay Territory">Jervis Bay Territory</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2611</td> <td>COOLEMAN</td> <td>ACT</td> <td>NSW </td></tr> <tr> <td>2611</td> <td>BIMBERI</td> <td>ACT</td> <td>NSW </td></tr> <tr> <td>2611</td> <td>BRINDABELLA</td> <td>ACT</td> <td>NSW </td></tr> <tr> <td>2611</td> <td>URIARRA</td> <td>ACT</td> <td>NSW </td></tr> <tr> <td>2620</td> <td>HUME</td> <td>NSW</td> <td>ACT </td></tr> <tr> <td>2620</td> <td>KOWEN</td> <td>NSW</td> <td>ACT </td></tr> <tr> <td>2620</td> <td>KOWEN FOREST</td> <td>NSW</td> <td>ACT </td></tr> <tr> <td>2620</td> <td>OAKS ESTATE</td> <td>NSW</td> <td>ACT </td></tr> <tr> <td>2620</td> <td>THARWA</td> <td>NSW</td> <td>ACT </td></tr> <tr> <td>2620</td> <td>TOP NAAS</td> <td>NSW</td> <td>ACT </td></tr> <tr> <td>3585</td> <td>MURRAY DOWNS</td> <td>VIC</td> <td>NSW </td></tr> <tr> <td>3586</td> <td>MALLAN</td> <td>VIC</td> <td>NSW </td></tr> <tr> <td>3644</td> <td>BAROOGA</td> <td>VIC</td> <td>NSW </td></tr> <tr> <td>3644</td> <td>LALALTY</td> <td>VIC</td> <td>NSW </td></tr> <tr> <td>3691</td> <td>LAKE HUME VILLAGE</td> <td>VIC</td> <td>NSW </td></tr> <tr> <td>3707</td> <td>BRINGENBRONG</td> <td>VIC</td> <td>NSW </td></tr> <tr> <td>4380</td> <td>MINGOOLA</td> <td>QLD</td> <td>NSW </td></tr> <tr> <td>4377</td> <td>MARYLAND</td> <td>QLD</td> <td>NSW </td></tr> <tr> <td>4383</td> <td>JENNINGS</td> <td>QLD</td> <td>NSW </td></tr> <tr> <td>4385</td> <td>TEXAS</td> <td>QLD</td> <td>NSW and QLD </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Some of the postcodes above may cover two or more states. For example, postcode 2620 covers both a locality in NSW (<i>Gundaroo</i>) as well as a locality in the ACT (<i>Hume</i>), and postcode 0872 covers a number of localities across WA, SA and NT. </p><p>Three locations (Mingoola,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mungindi<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Texas<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) straddle the NSW-Queensland border (so same town name and postcode on both sides). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jervis_Bay_Territory" title="Jervis Bay Territory">Jervis Bay Territory</a> is located on the coast of NSW. It is just south of the towns of Vincentia and Huskisson, with which it shares a postcode. Mail to the Jervis Bay Territory is addressed to the ACT. </p><p>The numerals used to show the state on each radio callsign in Australia are the same numeral as the first numeral for postcodes in that state, e.g. <i>2xx</i> in New South Wales, <i>3xx</i> in Victoria, etc. Radio callsigns pre-date postcodes in Australia by more than forty years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="External_territories">External territories</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postcodes_in_Australia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">Australia's external territories</a> are also included in Australia Post's postcode system. While these territories do not belong to any state, they are addressed as such for mail sorting: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>External territory</th> <th>Postal state</th> <th>Postcode </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a></td> <td>NSW</td> <td>2899 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Island" title="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a></td> <td>WA</td> <td>6798 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a></td> <td>WA</td> <td>6799 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Three scientific bases in Antarctica operated by the <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_Antarctic_Research_Expeditions" title="Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions">Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions</a> share a postcode with the isolated sub-Antarctic island of <a href="/wiki/Macquarie_Island" title="Macquarie Island">Macquarie Island</a> (part of Tasmania): </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Antarctic base</th> <th>Postal state</th> <th>Postcode </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Casey_Station" title="Casey Station">Casey Station</a></td> <td>TAS</td> <td>7151 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Davis_Station" title="Davis Station">Davis Station</a></td> <td>TAS</td> <td>7151 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mawson_Station" title="Mawson Station">Mawson Station</a></td> <td>TAS</td> <td>7151 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>There is also a "special" postcode for routing mail sent to Santa: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Arctic base</th> <th>Postal state</th> <th>Postcode </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Pole" title="North Pole">North Pole</a></td> <td>VIC</td> <td>9999 <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_and_territory_capital_cities">State and territory capital cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postcodes_in_Australia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: State and territory capital cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each state's capital city ends with three zeroes, while territorial capital cities end with two zeroes. Capital city postcodes were the lowest postcodes in their state or territory range, before new ranges for LVRs and PO Boxes were made available. The last numeral can usually be changed from "0" to "1" to get the postcode for <a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office" title="General Post Office">General Post Office</a> boxes in any capital city (though Perth now uses a different range of postcodes for its GPO Boxes): </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>City</th> <th>State/Territory</th> <th>Street Address</th> <th>GPO Box Address </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a></td> <td>NSW</td> <td>2000</td> <td>2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a></td> <td>ACT</td> <td>2600</td> <td>2601 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></td> <td>VIC</td> <td>3000</td> <td>3001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a></td> <td>QLD</td> <td>4000</td> <td>4001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a></td> <td>SA</td> <td>5000</td> <td>5001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a></td> <td>WA</td> <td>6000</td> <td>6001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hobart" title="Hobart">Hobart</a> </td> <td>TAS</td> <td>7000</td> <td>7001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Darwin,_Northern_Territory" title="Darwin, Northern Territory">Darwin</a></td> <td>NT</td> <td>0800</td> <td>0801 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Allocation_within_states">Allocation within states</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postcodes_in_Australia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Allocation within states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While the first numeral of a postcode usually shows the state or territory, the second numeral usually shows a region within the state. However, postcodes with the same second numeral are not always next to each other. As an example, postcodes in the range 2200–2299 are split between the southern suburbs of Sydney and the <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)" title="Central Coast (New South Wales)">Central Coast</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Lake_Macquarie" title="City of Lake Macquarie">Lake Macquarie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="Newcastle, New South Wales">Newcastle</a> regions of New South Wales. </p><p>Postcodes with a second numeral of "0" or "1" are almost always located within the metropolitan area of the state's capital city. Postcodes with higher second numerals are usually located in rural and regional areas. Common exceptions are where towns were rural when postcodes were first introduced in 1967, but have since been suburbanised and incorporated into metropolitan areas, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Penrith,_New_South_Wales" title="Penrith, New South Wales">Penrith, New South Wales</a> has the postcode 2750 and <a href="/wiki/Petrie,_Queensland" title="Petrie, Queensland">Petrie, Queensland</a> has the postcode 4502. </p><p>Within each region with the same second numeral, postcodes are usually allocated in ascending order the further one travels from the state's capital city along major highways and railways. For instance, heading north on the <a href="/wiki/North_Coast_railway_line,_New_South_Wales" title="North Coast railway line, New South Wales">North Coast railway</a> in New South Wales away from Sydney: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Town</th> <th>Postcode</th> <th>Distance from <a href="/wiki/Central_railway_station,_Sydney" title="Central railway station, Sydney">Central Station</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dungog,_New_South_Wales" title="Dungog, New South Wales">Dungog</a></td> <td>2420</td> <td>245 km (152 mi) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Taree,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Taree, New South Wales">Taree</a></td> <td>2430</td> <td>378 km (235 mi) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kempsey,_New_South_Wales" title="Kempsey, New South Wales">Kempsey</a></td> <td>2440</td> <td>503 km (313 mi) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Coffs_Harbour,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Coffs Harbour, New South Wales">Coffs Harbour</a></td> <td>2450</td> <td>607 km (377 mi) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grafton,_New_South_Wales" title="Grafton, New South Wales">Grafton</a></td> <td>2460</td> <td>695 km (432 mi) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Casino,_New_South_Wales" title="Casino, New South Wales">Casino</a></td> <td>2470</td> <td>805 km (500 mi) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_towns_and_cities">Major towns and cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postcodes_in_Australia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Major towns and cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Major towns and cities tend to have "0" as the last numeral or last two numerals, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Rockhampton,_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockhampton, Queensland">Rockhampton, Queensland</a> has the postcode 4700 and <a href="/wiki/Ballarat,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballarat, Victoria">Ballarat, Victoria</a> has the postcode 3350. There are exceptions; the major town of <a href="/wiki/Ipswich,_Queensland" title="Ipswich, Queensland">Ipswich, Queensland</a> has the postcode 4305, while <a href="/wiki/Goodna,_Queensland" title="Goodna, Queensland">Goodna</a>, a relatively small suburb of Ipswich, is allocated 4300. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postcode_squares">Postcode squares</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postcodes_in_Australia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Postcode squares"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Australia Post prefers envelopes sold in Australia to have four boxes in the bottom right corner of the front of the envelope. Entering the postcode in these boxes or squares, which Australia Post calls <i>postcode squares</i>, enables Australia Post to use <a href="/wiki/Optical_character_recognition" title="Optical character recognition">optical character recognition</a> software in its mail sorting machines to automatically and more quickly sort mail into postcodes, which also embeds routing information. Postcode squares were introduced in June 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-engaging_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engaging-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Australia Post says that postcode squares should not be used for machine-addressed mail, or mail going overseas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_uses">Other uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postcodes_in_Australia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Other uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many other organisations now use postcodes. <a href="/wiki/Insurance" title="Insurance">Insurance</a> companies often use postcodes when working out the cost of car and house insurance. <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_NSW" title="Transport for NSW">Transport for NSW</a> uses postcodes to give specific numbers for each bus stop in <a href="/wiki/Greater_Sydney" title="Greater Sydney">Greater Sydney</a>. The stop number is five to seven numbers: the first four are the postcode, and the others show the bus stop (sometimes written with a space in between, e.g. "2000 108"). </p><p>Many companies that produce metropolitan street maps also list the postcodes for each suburb, both in indexes and on the maps themselves. Spatial representation of postcodes is also very popular in defining sales and franchise territories. </p><p>Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Taxation Office and many other Federal and State government organisations publish a variety of statistics by postcode which extends the use Australia Post four digit code to many business and social planning related activities. </p><p>There is an inherent problem with spatial representation of postcodes since areas referenced to a specific postal code tend to change over time, as new postcodes are added or existing ones are split by Australia Post for operational purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some mail generating software can automatically sort outward mail by postcode before it is generated. This pre-sort of mail into postcode order eliminates the need for it to be sorted manually or using <a href="/wiki/Mail_sorter" class="mw-redirect" title="Mail sorter">mail sorting machines</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mechanised_sorting">Mechanised sorting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postcodes_in_Australia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Mechanised sorting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Postcodes_in_Australia" title="Special:EditPage/Postcodes in Australia">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>To improve mechanised sorting, each address now has a sorting number which is printed on the letter as an orange-coloured <a href="/wiki/Barcode" title="Barcode">barcode</a>. This number might be 12 digits long. This system enables the post office to place items in delivery order. Companies can also use Rapid Addressing Tool (RATS) to print Customer Addressed Barcodes, which are printed above the address. Every Delivery Point in Australia (DPID) has its own number. Barcode sorter machines sort and sequence letters up to C5 size. Flat multi-level <a href="/wiki/Optical_character_recognition" title="Optical character recognition">OCR</a> reads, imprints and sorts C5 to A3 sized articles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postcodes_in_Australia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Canada" title="Postal codes in Canada">Postal codes in Canada</a> - the Canadian equivalent</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcodes in the United Kingdom</a> - the United Kingdom equivalent</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_New_Zealand" title="Postcodes in New Zealand">Postal codes in New Zealand</a> - the New Zealand equivalent</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP code</a> - the United States equivalent</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postcodes_in_Australia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Vidoni-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Vidoni_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Vidoni_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDaniel_Vidoni" class="citation web cs1">Daniel Vidoni. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160107095219/http://www.storefinder.com.au/articles/postcode-assignment.php">"History and Assignment of Postcodes"</a>. 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