How to address a letter to Australia

Learn how to address and mail letters to Australia - with address examples and many tips.

How to write an address to Australia

Here’s what a typical address in Australia looks like for postal mail.

1

Recipient name

2

House number Street name

3

City {{State_abbreviation}} Postal code

4

Country

Learn more about addresses in Australia

Address example Australia
Basic structure:

C. Fitzgerald
51 Jacobson St
Brisbane QLD 4000
AUSTRALIA

Address example Australia
With additional Information:

Ms. C. Fitzgerald
Level 6, 51 Jacobson St
Brisbane QLD 4000
AUSTRALIA

Address example Australia
For P.O. box:

Broken Arrow Corporation
Locked Bag 801
Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
AUSTRALIA

Postal information

Country name

Australia

Postal code format

4 digits (eg: 0123)

Standard address field position

Bottom left

Address text alignment

Left-aligned

Postal code regex

^(\d{4})$

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code

AU

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code

AUS

UN M49 numeric country code

036

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For private use – superpost

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For business use – Pingen

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Country information

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Common name (English)

Australia

Official name (English)

Commonwealth of Australia

Native name

Commonwealth of Australia (Australia)

Capital

Canberra

Continent

Oceania

Subregion

Australia and New Zealand

Area

7,692,024 km²

Currency

AUD (Australian dollar, Symbol: $)

Time zone

UTC+05:00, UTC+06:30, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:30, UTC+10:00, UTC+10:30, UTC+11:30

Google Maps link

https://goo.gl/maps/DcjaDa7UbhnZTndH6

OpenStreetMap link

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/80500

Total population

27,536,874

Payment options:

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