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The Australian telephone numbering plan describes the allocation of
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s in Australia. It has changed many times, the most recent major reorganisation by the
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taking place between 1994 and 1998.


Overview

For landline telephony, Australia is now geographically divided into four large areas, three of which cover more than one state and/or territory. All local telephone numbers within these four areas are of eight digits, consisting (mainly) of a four digit exchange code plus a four digit number. The national significant number consists of a single digit area code followed by the local eight digit number – a total of nine digits. Within Australia, to access the number of a landline telephone in an area other than that in which the caller is located (including callers using mobile phones), it is first necessary to dial the Australian
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of 0 plus the area code, followed by the local number. Thus, the full national number (FNN) has ten digits: 0x xxxx xxxx. *00 International and Emergency access (see below for details) *01 Alternative phone services **014 Satellite phones **0163 Pager numbers **0198 Data numbers (e.g. 0198 308 888 is the dial-up PoP number for
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) *02 Geographic: Central East region ( NSW, ACT) *03 Geographic: South-east region ( VIC, TAS) *04 Digital Mobile services ( 3G, 4G, 5G and
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) *0550 Location Independent Communication Services *07 Geographic: North-east region (
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) *08 Geographic: Central and West region ( SA, NT, WA) *1 Non-geographic numbers (mostly for domestic use only; see below for details) The current numbering plan would appear to be sufficient to cope with potential increase in demand for services for quite some time to come. The 06 and 09 area codes are completely unused. In addition, each current area code has large number ranges unallocated. When dialling from outside Australia, after dialling the appropriate International Access Code it is necessary to dial the Country Code for Australia (61) followed by the nine digit national significant number. (The + symbol is used to represent the International Access Code, e.g. +61 3 xxxx xxxx for a number in Victoria/Tasmania or +61 4xx xxx xxx for a mobile number). Some numbers beginning with a 1 may be dialled without any replacement, after dialling the required international access code and the country code for Australia (+61). (see below) Australian local area numbers are eight digits in length, conventionally written in the form xxxx xxxx. Mobile numbers are written in the form of ten digits in length, when dialed within Australia, the 0 must be included, plus 4, which indicates the service required is a mobile number. Mobile numbers are conventionally written 04xx xxx xxx. If a landline or mobile number is written where it may be viewed by an international audience (e.g. in an email signature or on a website) then the number is often written as +61 x xxxx xxxx or +61 4xx xxx xxx respectively. (The "Australian national trunk access code" of 0 is not used for calls originated from locations outside Australia.)


Geographic numbers

Fixed line telephone numbers in Australia (Within Australia, to access a number in another area it is first necessary to dial the trunk code of 0, followed by the area code and then the specific local number). In major centres, the first four digits specify the CCA (Call Collection Area, also known as an exchange), and the remaining digits specify a number at that exchange, up to 10,000 of which may be connected. Smaller exchanges in more remote areas may mean that no more than 100 numbers could be connected to such exchanges. To access numbers in the same area, it is necessary only to dial the eight digits concerned. To access a number in another area it is first necessary to dial the trunk code of 0, followed by the area code (2, 3, 7 or 8) and then the specific local number. The area codes do not exactly match state/territory boundaries. Notable are the part of New South Wales around Broken Hill (a large part of the state's area but less than 1% of its population), which uses (08) 80xx numbers, and
Wodonga Wodonga ( Waywurru: ''Wordonga'') is a city on the Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, north-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Wodonga LGA. Its population is approximately ...
, which is in Victoria but is within the New South Wales (02) area code. Similarly New South Wales border towns including
Deniliquin Deniliquin () is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, close to the border with Victoria. It is the largest town in the Edward River Council local government area. Deniliquin is located at the intersection of the Riverina ...
and Buronga are within the South East (Victorian) (03) area code. Physical exchanges can be allocated one or more prefixes and modern technology allows sub-sets of these number ranges to be allocated to switching entities physically located at a distance from the exchange in which their controlling terminal is located. (Thus, the concept of what a "telephone exchange" is can become somewhat blurred.) Landlines use an
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: if the caller's phone shares the same area code as the called phone, the area code ''may'' be omitted. For example, a call from the number (02) 5551 5678, to the number (02) 7010 1111, will be connected if the caller dials only 7010 1111. Similarly, a person who dials 7010 5678 on a land-line or mobile phone in Melbourne (i.e., within the 03 area) will be connected to 03 7010 5678. For this reason, landline numbers are often specified without the area code. If a person's number and the destination number share the same area code, then the area code is not required, even if it is not a local (untimed) call. However, the full international number must always be dialled, since the Australian telephone network has the capability to recognise when the destination required is either international, in a different national area or within the local area and to switch and charge the call accordingly. Thus, it is strongly recommended that telephone numbers should be stored in mobile phones in the form of the full international number, should the owner of the phone be likely to use the phone concerned in an area away from home, either within Australia or internationally.


Mobile phones

Within Australia, mobile phone numbers begin with 04 or 05 – the Australian national trunk code" 0, plus the mobile indicator 4 or 5 – followed by eight digits. This is generally written as 04XX XXX XXX within Australia, or as +61 4XX XXX XXX for an international audience. Whilst this format may be viewed as incorrect, it is the result of mobile carriers advertising numbers in such a way so as to clearly identify the owning telco prior to
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, introduced on 25 September 2001. Prior to MNP, mobile operators generally reserved number ranges in blocks of 04 xy z. The xy-digit codes (sometimes xy z) are allocated per network, although with the introduction of number portability, there is no longer a fixed relationship between the mobile phone number and the network it uses. In 2015 the 05 prefix (other than 0550) was also reserved for digital mobile phones as a part of the Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015. However, as of 2019 no numbers have been allocated with this prefix. Within Australia, mobile numbers must always be dialed with all 10 digits, regardless of the caller's location.


Geographic numbers

Geographical areas are identified by the first few digits of the local number:


Central-East region (02)

*02 37
Armidale Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale had a population of 24,504 as of June 2018. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region. I ...
, Tamworth,
Northern Tablelands The Northern Tablelands, also known as the New England Tableland, is a plateau and a region of the Great Dividing Range in northern New South Wales, Australia. It includes the New England Range, the narrow highlands area of the New England regio ...
*02 38
Bowral Bowral () is the largest town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, about ninety minutes southwest of Sydney. It is the main business and entertainment precinct of the Wingecarribee Shire and Highlands. Bowral once served ...
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Crookwell Crookwell is a small town located in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in the Upper Lachlan Shire. At the , Crookwell had a population of 2,641. The town is at a relatively high altitude of 887 metres and there are several sn ...
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Goulburn Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters pate ...
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Marulan Marulan is the traditional lands of the Gundungurra people. It is a small town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council local government area. It is located south-west of Sydney on the Hume Highw ...
*02 39
Griffith Griffith may refer to: People * Griffith (name) * Griffith (surname) * Griffith (given name) Places Antarctica * Mount Griffith, Ross Dependency * Griffith Peak (Antarctica), Marie Byrd Land * Griffith Glacier, Marie Byrd Land * Griffith Rid ...
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Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga (; informally called Wagga) is a major regional city in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, with an urban population of more than 56,000 as of June 2018, Wagga Wagga is the state's la ...
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Riverina The Riverina is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation ...
*02 40
Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England *Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England *Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...
, Lower Hunter *02 41 Newcastle, Lower Hunter *02 42
Wollongong Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wa ...
*02 43 Gosford, Central Coast *02 44
Batemans Bay Batemans Bay is a town on the South Coast region of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Batemans Bay is administered by the Eurobodalla Shire council. The town is situated on the shores of an estuary formed where the Clyde River meets th ...
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Moruya Moruya is a town located on the far south coast of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the Moruya River. The Princes Highway runs through the town that is about south of Sydney and from Canberra. At the , Moruya had a population of 4 ...
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Nowra Nowra is a city in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south-southwest of the state capital of Sydney (about as the crow flies). As of the 2021 census, Nowra has an estimated population of 22,584. Situated in t ...
*02 45
Windsor Windsor may refer to: Places Australia * Windsor, New South Wales ** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area * Windsor, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland **Shire of Windsor, a former local government authority around Wi ...
, Richmond *02 46 Campbelltown *02 47 Penrith, Blue Mountains *02 48 Bowral, Crookwell, Goulburn, Marulan *02 49 Newcastle, Lower Hunter *02 50
Albury Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the ...
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Corryong Corryong is a small town in Victoria, Australia east of Albury-Wodonga, near the upper reaches of the Murray River and close to the New South Wales border. At the , Corryong had a population of 1,348. The post office opened on 1 February 1 ...
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Wodonga Wodonga ( Waywurru: ''Wordonga'') is a city on the Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, north-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Wodonga LGA. Its population is approximately ...
*02 51 Canberra, Queanbeyan, Yass *02 52 Canberra, Queanbeyan, Yass *02 53 Bathurst,
Orange Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower *Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum * ...
*02 54 Bega,
Merimbula Merimbula is a town on the Merimbula Lake, located on the Far South Coast or Sapphire Coast of New South Wales, Australia. At the , the population was 3,544. The population within 10 km of the Merimbula Post office is over 18,000 people. ...
, Tathra,
Cooma Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega with the Riverina. At the , Cooma had a ...
*02 55
Port Macquarie Port Macquarie is a coastal town in the local government area of Port Macquarie-Hastings. It is located on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, about north of Sydney, and south of Brisbane. The town is located on the Tasman Sea c ...
, Kempsey,
Taree Taree is a town on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Taree and nearby Cundletown were settled in 1831 by William Wynter. Since then Taree has grown to a population of 26,381, and is the centre of a significant agricultural distr ...
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Lord Howe Island Lord Howe Island (; formerly Lord Howe's Island) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies directly east of mainland P ...
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Muswellbrook Muswellbrook ( ) is a town in the Upper Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, about north of Sydney and north-west of Newcastle. Geologically, Muswellbrook is situated in the northern parts of the Sydney basin, bordering the New Engla ...
*02 56
Murwillumbah Murwillumbah ( ) is a town in far north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire, on the Tweed River. Sitting on the south eastern foothills of the McPherson Range in the Tweed Volcano valley, Murwillumbah is 848 km north-e ...
, Grafton, Lismore *02 57 Armidale, Tamworth, Northern Tablelands *02 58 Bourke, Dubbo, Far West *02 59 Griffith, Wagga Wagga, Riverina *02 60 Albury, Corryong, Wodonga *02 61 Canberra, Queanbeyan, Yass *02 62 Canberra, Queanbeyan, Yass *02 63 Bathurst,
Orange Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower *Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum * ...
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Cowra Cowra is a small town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre and the council seat for the Cowra Shire, with a population of 9,863. Cowra is located approximately above sea level, on the ...
*02 64 Bega, Merimbula, Tathra, Cooma *02 65 Port Macquarie, Kempsey, Taree, Lord Howe Island,
Muswellbrook Muswellbrook ( ) is a town in the Upper Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, about north of Sydney and north-west of Newcastle. Geologically, Muswellbrook is situated in the northern parts of the Sydney basin, bordering the New Engla ...
*02 66 Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Lismore, Murwillumbah *02 67 Armidale, Glen Innes,
Gunnedah Gunnedah is a town in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia and is the seat of the Gunnedah Shire local government area. In the the town recorded a population of 9,726. Gunnedah is situated within the Liverpool Plains, a fertile agricultu ...
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Inverell Inverell is a large town in northern New South Wales, Australia, situated on the Macintyre River, close to the Queensland border. It is also the centre of Inverell Shire. Inverell is located on the Gwydir Highway on the western slopes of the ...
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Narrabri Narrabri ( ) is a locality and seat of Narrabri Shire local government area in the North West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia on the Namoi River, northwest of Sydney. It sits on the junction of the Kamilaroi Highway and the Newell Highw ...
, Tamworth *02 68 Bourke, Dubbo,
Cobar Cobar is a town in central western New South Wales, Australia whose economy is based mainly upon base metals and gold mining. The town is by road northwest of the state capital, Sydney. It is at the crossroads of the Kidman Way and Barrier H ...
*02 69 Griffith, Wagga Wagga, Riverina *02 7 Sydney *02 8 Sydney *02 9 Sydney


South-east region (03)

*03 32 Geelong, Colac *03 33 Ballarat *03 34 Bendigo *03 40
Mildura Mildura is a regional city in north-west Victoria, Australia. Located on the Victorian side of the Murray River, Mildura had a population of 34,565 in 2021. When nearby Wentworth, Irymple, Nichols Point and Merbein are included, the area h ...
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Balranald Balranald is a town within the local government area of Balranald Shire, in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. The town of Balranald is located where the Sturt Highway crosses the Murrumbidgee River in a remote, semi-deser ...
*03 41 Traralgon,
Bairnsdale Bairnsdale () ( Ganai: ''Wy-yung'') is a city in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia in a region traditionally owned by the Tatungalung clan of the Gunaikurnai people. The estimated population of Bairnsdale urban area was 15,411 at Ju ...
*03 42 Geelong, Colac *03 43 Ballarat *03 44 Bendigo *03 45
Warrnambool Warrnambool ( Maar: ''Peetoop'' or ''Wheringkernitch'' or ''Warrnambool'') is a city on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Warrnambool had a population of 35,743. Situated on the Princes Highway, Warrnambool (A ...
*03 47
Wangaratta Wangaratta ( ) is a city in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, from Melbourne along the Hume Highway. The city had an estimated urban population of 19,318 at June 2018. Wangaratta has recorded a population growth rate of almost 1% annually ...
*03 48
Deniliquin Deniliquin () is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, close to the border with Victoria. It is the largest town in the Edward River Council local government area. Deniliquin is located at the intersection of the Riverina ...
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Numurkah Numurkah ( ) is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Goulburn Valley Highway, north of Shepparton, in the Shire of Moira. At the , Numurkah had a population of 4,768. History The area was occupied by the Yorta Yorta people prior t ...
, Shepparton *03 49 Mornington *03 50 Mildura, Balranald *03 51
Traralgon Traralgon ( ) is a town located in the east of the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia and the most populous city of the City of Latrobe. The urban population of Traralgon at the was 26,907. It is the largest and fastes ...
, Bairnsdale *03 52 Colac, Geelong *03 53 Ballarat *03 54 Bendigo *03 55 Warrnambool, Casterton, Portland *03 56
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, Foster, Warragul,
Wonthaggi Wonthaggi is a seaside town located south east of Melbourne via the South Gippsland and Bass Highways, in the Bass Coast Shire of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Known originally for its coal mining, it is now the largest town in South Gippsl ...
*03 57 Wangaratta *03 58 Deniliquin, Shepparton *03 59 Mornington, Pakenham,
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, Warburton,
Yarra Ranges The Shire of Yarra Ranges, also known as Yarra Ranges Council, is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer eastern and northeastern suburbs of Melbourne extending into the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges. It has a ...
*03 61 Hobart *03 62 Hobart *03 63 Launceston *03 64 Devonport,
Burnie Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. When founded in 1827, it was named Emu Bay, being renamed after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, in the early 1840s. , Burnie had an urban popu ...
, Queenstown *03 65 Devonport, Burnie, Queenstown *03 67 Launceston *03 7
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
*03 8 Melbourne *03 9 Melbourne


North-east region (07)

*07 2
Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...
, Bribie Island *07 3 Brisbane, Bribie Island *07 40 Cairns, Far North Queensland *07 41 Bundaberg,
Kingaroy Kingaroy is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the junction of the D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highways, north-west of the state capital Brisbane and south west of Gympie. As a ...
, Maryborough *07 42 Cairns *07 43 Bundaberg, Kingaroy *07 44
Townsville Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland; it is unofficially considered its capital. Estimated resident population, 3 ...
, North Queensland *07 45
Toowoomba Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 ...
, Roma, south-west *07 46
Toowoomba Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 ...
, Roma, South West *07 47 Townsville, North Queensland *07 48 Rockhampton,
Mackay Mackay may refer to: *Clan Mackay, the Scottish clan from which the surname "MacKay" derives Mackay may also refer to: Places Australia * Mackay Region, a local government area ** Mackay, Queensland, a city in the above region *** Mackay Airpor ...
*07 49 Rockhampton, Mackay, Gladstone *07 52 Sunshine Coast, Esk,
Nambour Nambour is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nambour had a population of 11,187 people. Geography Nambour is north of the state capital, Brisbane. The town lies in the sub ...
, Gatton, Caboolture *07 53 Sunshine Coast, Esk, Nambour, Gatton, Caboolture *07 54 Sunshine Coast, Esk, Nambour, Gatton, Caboolture *07 55
Gold Coast Gold Coast may refer to: Places Africa * Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana: ** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642) ** Dutch G ...
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Tweed Heads Tweed Heads is a town in New South Wales. It is located on the Tweed River in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in Tweed Shire, next to the border with Queensland and adjacent to its "twin town" of Coolangatta, which is a suburb of the ...
(NSW), Beaudesert *07 56 Gold Coast, Beaudesert *07 57 Gold Coast, Beaudesert *07 70 Cairns, Far North Queensland *07 75 Inglewood, Toowoomba *07 76 Inglewood, Toowoomba *07 77 Townsville, North Queensland *07 79 Rockhampton, Mackay, Gladstone


Central and West region (08)

*08 25 Riverland, Murraylands *08 26 Ceduna *08 51
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*08 52
Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
*08 53 Perth *08 54 Perth *08 55 Bullsbrook East, Northam, Pinjarra (
Mandurah Mandurah () is a coastal city in the Australian state of Western Australia, situated approximately south of the state capital, Perth. It is the state's second most populous city, with a population of 107,641 as of the 2021 census. Mandurah's ...
) *08 58 Albany *08 60 Kalgoorlie, Merredin, Goldfields-Esperance *08 61 Perth *08 62 Perth *08 63 Perth *08 64 Perth *08 65 Perth *08 66 Moora *08 67
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, Bunbury *08 68 Albany *08 69
Geraldton Geraldton ( Wajarri: ''Jambinu'', Wilunyu: ''Jambinbirri'') is a coastal city in the Mid West region of the Australian state of Western Australia, north of the state capital, Perth. At June 2018, Geraldton had an urban population of 37,648. ...
*08 70
Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...
*08 71 Adelaide *08 72 Adelaide *08 73 Adelaide *08 74 Adelaide *08 75 Riverland, Murraylands *08 76 Ceduna *08 77 South East *08 78 Mid North *08 79
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( Alice Springs, Darwin) *08 80 Broken Hill (NSW) *08 81 Adelaide *08 82 Adelaide *08 83 Adelaide *08 84 Adelaide *08 85 Riverland, Murraylands *08 86 Ceduna *08 87 South East *08 88 Mid North *08 89 Northern Territory (Alice Springs, Darwin) *08 90 Kalgoorlie *08 91
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*08 93 Perth *08 94 Perth *08 95 Bullsbrook East, Northam, Pinjarra (Mandurah) *08 96 Moora *08 97 Bunbury, Busselton, Bridgetown,
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Notes


Non-geographic numbers


Mobile phone numbers (04, 05)

Each mobile phone company is allocated numbers in blocks, which are listed below. However mobile number portability means an individual number might have been "
ported In software engineering, porting is the process of adapting software for the purpose of achieving some form of execution in a computing environment that is different from the one that a given program (meant for such execution) was originally desi ...
". There are also many
MVNO A mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) is a wireless communications services provider that does not own the wireless network infrastructure over which it provides services to its customers. An MVNO enters into a business agreement with a mobile ...
s which use numbers from their wholesaler or might have their own ranges. ACMA planned to introduce the "05" range for mobile numbers in 2017, when the "04" range was expected to be exhausted. So far, no such numbers have been introduced. The numbers 0491 570 156, 0491 570 157, 0491 570 158, 0491 570 159 and 0491 570 110 are reserved for fictitious use.


Satellite phone numbers (014)

Numbers beginning with 014 are predominantly used for satellite services. Parts of the 014 prefix had previously been used as a 9 digit, AMPS mobile phone access code. The 01471 prefix is the ten-digit replacement for the previous, nine-digit ITERRA satellite phone code 0071 xxxxx. Prior to its use for ITERRA (and other satellite services). These numbers were allocated in March 1999. 0145xxxxxx numbers are used for services utilised on the Optus network in Australia. This is predominantly used for MobileSat and Thuraya mobile satellite services. These numbers were allocated in December 1992: 222,000 with the rest "spare". The prefixes 0141, 0142, 0143, 0145 and 0147 are set aside for satellite systems; the rest of the 014 prefix range is currently not allocated to any other service type. There is not a lot of demand for these services, and many satellite phones now have normal mobile phone numbers (prefix 04), so it is not likely for the entire 014 range to be allocated to satellite services.


Location independent communications service (0550)

These numbers are designed for VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) systems, where they work like a fixed number but not allocated on a geographical level. It is possible that LICS numbers will be absorbed into mobile numbers in the future, as they provide similar features. Indeed, the July 2012 variation of the numbering plan allocated the rest of the 05 range to digital mobile numbering.


Data numbers (0198)

All calls to 0198 numbers are a "local call" cost like 13 and 1300 numbers but are used for
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access numbers. They are used both with dial-up modems and
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.


Obsolete numbers

Most numbers that are no longer used have been removed from the Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015, whether in previous variations or in this complete replacement. (See below) However, the 0163 prefix is still allocated for use with pagers. This was reduced from 016 in a variation to the previous numbering plan. As of March 2011 only 1000 numbers were allocated, and by the end of 2012 there were none allocated.


Non-geographic numbers (domestic use)

The following codes are not generally dialable from international points, but used in domestic dialling: *
000 Triple zero, Triple Zero, Zero Zero Zero, Triple 0, Triple-0, 000, or 0-0-0 may refer to: * 000 (emergency telephone number), the Australian emergency telephone number * "Triple Zero", a song by AFI from ''Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes'' * Th ...
– Emergency (Police, Fire, Ambulance) * 106TTY emergency (for the hearing-impaired) *11 – Community services **1100 – Dial Before You Dig (to prevent inadvertent damage to underground cables or infrastructure) **
112 112 may refer to: *112 (number), the natural number following 111 and preceding 113 *112 (band), an American R&B quartet from Atlanta, Georgia **112 (album), ''112'' (album), album from the band of the same name *112 (emergency telephone number), t ...
– Alternative access to Emergency Services (Police, Fire, Ambulance; diallable from GSM mobile phones only) **119x – Information services (e.g. 1194 was time (no longer available from 1 October 2019) and 1196 was weather (no longer available from 1 October 2019)) *12 – Network services **1221 – International faults reporting service **1222 – Call costs and enquiries service **1223 – Directory assistance **1225 – International directory assistance **123x – Premium operator services (e.g. 1234 is Sensis personal assistance) **124xx – Other operator services (e.g. 12456 is Sensis Call Connect) **125xxx – Telstra mobile services (e.g. 125111 is Telstra mobile customer service) **1268x, 1268 xxxx and 1268 xxx xxx – Internal network services **127 – Testing numbers (e.g. 12722123 reads your number from a Telstra line, 12723123 reads your number for an Optus line) (length varies), dial 12722199 then hang up and the call is returned by the exchange (used to test handset functionality) **1282 – Call information service **128xx – Call information service *13 xx xx and 1300 xxx xxx – "Local Rate" calls, except for VoIP and mobile phone users *1345 xxxx – Local rate calls (only used for back-to-base monitored alarm systems) *14xx – Carrier override prefixes (e.g. 1411 is the override prefix for the Telstra network; see below for details) *180 xxxx and 1800 xxx xxx – FreeCall *183x – Caller identification override prefixes (1831 blocks caller-id sending while 1832 unblocks caller-id sending) *188 xxxx – Premium SMS (since moved to 19 range) *189 xx – Calling card service *19 xx xx and 19xx xxxx – Premium SMS *190x xxx xxx – Premium rate services (usually 1902 and 1900) Some notes: *These numbers do not have a Trunk Access Code prefix (0). *The 106 number is believed to be the first nationwide TTY emergency service in the world. *13 xx xx, 1300 xxx xxx and 1800 xxx xxx numbers can provide source-based routing, used by organisations such as pizza chains that advertise one number nationwide that connects customers to their nearest store. *Virtually all FreeCall numbers in use are 1800 xxx xxx, though some organisations do use the shorter 7-digit version.Telephone numbering plan
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*Some of these numbers ''are'' dialable from locations outside Australia. It is up to the individual owner to set this up correctly (for 13 and 18 numbers at least) (e.g. +61 13x xxx) *
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will not re-route to triple zero as the prefix 911x has been allocated to landlines under the current numbering plan. 911 ''may'' redirect to 000 when using a mobile phone, like 112, but it is not encouraged as knowledge of these numbers causes confusion


Emergency services numbers (000, 106, 112)

000 Triple zero, Triple Zero, Zero Zero Zero, Triple 0, Triple-0, 000, or 0-0-0 may refer to: * 000 (emergency telephone number), the Australian emergency telephone number * "Triple Zero", a song by AFI from ''Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes'' * Th ...
is the primary
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in Australia. Secondary emergency numbers are 106 (for use by the hearing impaired with a TTY terminal) and the international
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mobile emergency telephone number
112 112 may refer to: *112 (number), the natural number following 111 and preceding 113 *112 (band), an American R&B quartet from Atlanta, Georgia **112 (album), ''112'' (album), album from the band of the same name *112 (emergency telephone number), t ...
. Increase
awareness of the 112 emergency number
in Australia has led to the potential for confusion over which number to call in an emergency. As a secondary emergency number, 112 is not guaranteed to work from all technologies; most notably, it does not work from landlines. In order to encourage use of 000, mobile telephones imported commercially into Australia are required to be programmed to treat 000 in the same fashion as 112 (i.e. dialling with key lock enabled, use of any carrier, preferential routing, etc.). On older or privately imported (e.g. roaming from another country) telephones, 000 may not receive such preferential treatment.


Local Rate and FreeCall numbers (13, 180)

Australia uses the free call prefix 1800 for 10 digit freecall numbers. This is similar to the North American or
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prefix 1–800, but while in North America, the 1 is the long-distance or toll prefix and 800 is the area code; 1800 in Australia is itself a "virtual area code" (prior to the introduction of 8-digit numbers, the free call code was 008). There are also seven digit freecall numbers beginning with 180 – the only numbers currently allocated begin with 1802. The 13 and 1300 numbers are known as Local Rate Numbers or SmartNumbers. They are also known as priority 13, and priority 1300 numbers. These work across large areas (potentially the whole of Australia) and charge the caller only a low cost, routing the call to the appropriate place in a given area. For example, a company could have the number 139999 and have the telephone company set it up so that calls made in Melbourne would route to their Melbourne number, calls made in Brisbane to their Brisbane number, and calls made anywhere else in Australia route to their Sydney number, all at a local charge cost to the caller. 13 numbers were not available before the introduction of the current 8-digit local numbering plan. Businesses looking for local callers tend to connect to a "1300" number. Note that these numbers are called "Local Rate" and not "Local" numbers, so do not necessarily cost the same as a local call: Indeed, many (landline and mobile) phone plans do not even include them in the "included" credit and/or charge them at a higher rate than "normal" numbers. Though promoted as "local call rate" calls, calls to 13 and 1300 numbers cost more than a local call fee for those people using VoIP and having all local and national calls free. 1800, 1300 and 13 numbers are reverse charge networks. Other than the length of the number, the differences between a 13 number and a 1300 number is that the shorter number has a higher fee for the owner of the number: there should be no difference in cost to the caller. A call to an 1800 is free when dialled from a landline, and mobile phones since 2014. It depends on the individual mobile plan as how 13 and 1300 numbers are charged: all plans no longer charge for 1800 but 13 and 1300 may still be charged at a high rate, or outside included calls. These numbers "forward" to a geographic or mobile number. The recipient is usually charged at a set rate per second for each call, depending on plan and destination.


Premium numbers (19)

190x (not to be confused with 0198) is the prefix for premium rate services (e.g. recorded information, competition lines, psychics, phone sex, etc.). (Prior to the introduction of 8-digit local numbers, the prefix was 0055.) 190 numbers incur a rate as charged by the provider – either at a per-minute rate (limited at $5.50 per minute) or a fixed rate (up to $38.50 per call). The latter method is most often used for fax-back services, where a timed charge is not appropriate. Costs of 190 calls for competitions involving chance are also often limited by state legislation to $0.55 per call. (In the previous numbering plan, 0055 numbers were limited to three bands: Premium Rate, Value Rate and Budget Rate, with per minute rates of $0.75, $0.60 and $0.40 respectively.) Other numbers beginning with 19 are used for premium-rate SMS services. These were originally trialled using the 188 prefix. These can range from a standard SMS cost (usually 25c), up to 55c for competition use, to several dollars for other uses, such as
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International access

The main international prefix is 0011. (E.164 international format is supported from phones with the ability to dial the '+' symbol.) There are other codes for using a non-default carrier or a special plan: * 0014 will route through the Primus network * 0018 will route through the Telstra network * 0019 will route through the Optus network Formerly, 0015 would route through Telstra on a special mode for international faxing. Telstra has retired this code. Carrier selection codes (14xx) are now also used, and carrier pre-selection is widely used.


Carrier selection codes

These four-digit numbers are dialled before the destination number to complete and bill a call by a carrier other than the subscriber's service provider. For example, to use AAPT to call a number in
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, Japan, subscribers would dial 1414 0011 81 3 xxxx xxxx, or to use Optus to call a number in Perth they would dial 1456 08 xxxx xxxx. It is not clear if all these prefixes will actually work. Not all carriers have interconnect agreements with each other * 1410 – Telstra * 1411 – Telstra * 1412 – TPG (Was Chime) * 1413 – Telstra * 1414 – TPG (Was AAPT) * 1415 – Vodafone * 1422 – Premier Technologies * 1423 – TPG (was Soul Pattinson) * 1428 – Verizon Australia * 1431 – Vodafone Hutchison * 1434 – Symbio Networks * 1441 – TPG (was Soul Pattinson) * 1447 – TransACT * 1450 – Pivotel * 1455 – Netsip * 1456 – Optus * 1464 – TPG (Was Agile) * 1466 – Primus * 1468 – Telpacific * 1469 – Lycamobile * 1474 – Powertel * 1477 – Vocus * 1488 – Symbio Networks * 1499 – VIRTUTEL


Supplementary control services

*1831 – Block
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sending *1832 – Unblock Caller ID sending


Other numbers and codes


Test numbers

* Telstra Landline Test numbers ** 12722123 – Playback the last connected or current landline number (add 1832 in front for private numbers) ** 12722199 – Ringback the current landline number * Telstra payphone test numbers ** 12722101 - will only take 1¢ per metering pulses ** 0488076353 - will test the SMS function of the phone * Optus landline test numbers ** 1272312 – Playback the last connected or current landline number ** 1272399 – Ringback the current landline number * From other subscribers including VoIP providers ** 1800801920 – Playback the last connected or current landline number * Other ** 12711 – Current long-distance Carrier Name


Historic numbering plans


2010s

Many old numbers were officially removed from the Telecommunications Numbering Plan in the 2015 version, whether in the replacement version or a previous variation. * 018 AMPS phone numbers are completely removed. * 0500 Personal Numbers are removed. * Unused prefixes such as 114 mass calling service are removed.


1990s

0055 numbers were previously premium-rate numbers, but have been moved into 190 numbers before 1999. The original toll-free area code was 008, but the format was changed to 1800. Directory assistance used various numbers: 013 for local calls, 0175 for other national calls, and 0103 for international. The two domestic numbers have been replaced with 1223, while 0103 was replaced with 1225. Other numbers for directory assistance, often with a call connection option, exist depending on the carrier. 011 was initially the code for the operator, 0011 later became the international exit code. 014 was originally the number for the time, (later 1104), which was changed to 1194 in 1976. 0176 was originally the code for the operator when calling from a Public Telephone. It became the code for the reverse-charge call operator, which was moved to 12550. Alternatively 3rd-party companies exist. See Collect call#Australia


1960s

Up to this time, the maximum size of an Australian telephone number was six digits. Until the early 1960s, the first one or two digits of telephone numbers in metropolitan areas were alphabetic, with each letter representing a distinct number on the telephone dial. Each one-letter or two-letter code signified an exchange within an urban area. Rural and regional areas typically relied on manual exchanges, or only one automatic exchange for the whole town, so rural and regional numbers did not feature these letter prefixes. The use of a letter-number combination also served as a memory aid as it was easier to remember than a string of digits in the days when such things were not as common. Unlike the three (or fewer) letters associated with each of the numbers on the dials of telephones of the UK
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, which was used in London and other large British cities, Australia used a system of letters associated with the ten digits available on a telephone dial, where each of these letters were chosen because their "name" (when pronounced, in English) could not be confused with any of the other nine letters of the English/Latin alphabet which were also used. Since the initial digits of 1 and 0 (ten) were not used, this gave the telephone company concerned up to 8 regions with main exchanges and up to ten sub-exchanges in each metropolitan area – a total of up to 80 individual exchanges of 10,000 numbers in each with up to only 800,000 individual "numbers" in any metropolitan area concerned. This limited capacity led to the need for a seven- or eight-digit numbering system, to allow for more "numbers" within a given area. Because of the growth of the telephone network, Australia now has eight-digit telephone numbers within four areas. This former alphanumeric scheme was significantly different from the current system used for SMS messages. The former alphanumeric scheme was: * A = 1; * B = 2; * F = 3; * J = 4; * L = 5; * M = 6; * U = 7; * W = 8; * X = 9; * Y = 0 The letters did not relate to any exchange name. For example, the exchange prefix for
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See also

*Former Australian dialling codes *Telecommunications in Australia


References


ITU allocations list


External links


List of Telephone Exchanges

Excel file of exchange prefixes via Telstra Wholesale site

Telecommunications Numbering Plan 1997

Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015

All Areas by Prefix (archive.org snapshot of old version of official site)

All Areas by Prefix (official site - expand heading ''Geographic numbers'')

All Areas by Prefix (ATO)

Australia Phone Number
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