Country Code: +61

International Call Prefix: 0011

Trunk Prefix

Trunk prefix

A trunk prefix is the number to be dialed in a domestic telephone call, preceding any necessary area codes and subscriber numbers. When the number is called from overseas, the trunk prefix is omitted by the caller. In most countries, such as Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom, the trunk...

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The Australian telephone numbering plan describes the allocation of phone numbers in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It has changed many times, the most recent major reorganisation by the Australian Communications Authority taking place between 1994 and 1998.

Present numbering plan Overview

Australia is divided geographically into four large area codes, most of which cover more than one state and/or territory. The standard telephone number in Australia (which within the telecommunications industry is referred to as a FNN - Full National Number) has ten digits, of which the first is '0'.

The first digits specify the type of service. The following list is a high level of numbering plan presented in domestic format. Geographical region boundaries do not exactly follow state borders.

• 00 Emergency and International access
• 01 Alternative phone services
• 02 Geographic: Central East region (NSW
  New South Wales
  New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
  
  , ACT
  Australian Capital Territory
  The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...
  
  )
• 03 Geographic: South-east region (VIC
  Victoria (Australia)
  Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
  
  , TAS
  Tasmania
  Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
  
  )
• 04 Digital Mobile services (GSM and 3G)
• 05 Universal/Personal numberings
• 07 Geographic: North-east region (QLD
  Queensland
  Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
  
  )
• 08 Geographic: Central and West region (SA
  South Australia
  South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
  
  , NT
  Northern Territory
  The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
  
  , WA
  Western Australia
  Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
  
  )
• 1 Non-geographic numbers (mostly for domestic use only)

Internationally the first 0 is replaced by the +61 country code (e.g. +61 2 xxxx xxxx for NSW or +61 4 xxxx xxxx for a mobile number). Some numbers beginning with a 1 may be dialled without any replacement. (see below) There has been careful planning to avoid clashing with 01x numbers in this case.

End-user numbers are 10 digits long, conventionally written in the form (0x) xxxx xxxx for geographic and 04xx xxx xxx for mobile numbers. If the number is written where it may be viewed by an international audience (e.g. on an email signature or website) then the number is often written as +61 x xxxx xxxx or +61 4xx xxx xxx respectively (the initial 0 is not used for calls from overseas).

Geographic numbers

Fixed line telephone numbers in Australia consist of the area code (two digits, starting with '0'), and an eight-digit local number. The area codes do not exactly match state boundaries. Notably the part of NSW around Broken Hill

Broken Hill, New South Wales

-Geology:Broken Hill's massive orebody, which formed about 1,800 million years ago, has proved to be among the world's largest silver-lead-zinc mineral deposits. The orebody is shaped like a boomerang plunging into the earth at its ends and outcropping in the centre. The protruding tip of the...

 (a large part of the state's area but less than 1% of its population), which uses (08) 80xx numbers; and Wodonga

Wodonga, Victoria

Wodonga is a small city on the Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, north-east of Melbourne, Australia. Adjacent to Wodonga across the border is the New South Wales city of Albury. Wodonga is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Wodonga LGA...

, which is in Victoria but are within the NSW (02) area code. The first four, five or six "local" digits generally specify the CCA (Call Collection Area)(exchange), and the remaining digits a line at that exchange. Virtually all exchanges have more than one prefix: prefixes were added as demand grew.

Landlines use an open dialing plan: if the caller's phone shares the same area code as the receiver, the area code may be omitted. For example a call from the number (02) 5551 5678, to the number (02) 7010 1111, will get through if the caller only dials 7010 1111. Similarly, a person who dials 7010 5678 on a landline 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 given out without the area code. If your number and the destination number share the same area code, then the area code is not required, even if it isn't a "local" call.

Mobile phones

Mobile phone numbers begin with 04, followed by eight digits. e.g. 04yy yxx xxx. The y-digit codes 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. New numbers are still allocated to phone companies in blocks, so a new number will generally still be on its "home" network.

Mobile numbers must always be dialed as complete 10 digits, no matter where they are being called from. 04 is a prefix, not an "area code", as such.

Geographic numbers

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

Central East region (02)

• 02 33 Gosford
  Gosford, New South Wales
  Gosford is a city located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, approximately 76 km north of the Sydney central business district...
  
  , Central Coast (proposed)
• 02 38 Bowral
  Bowral, New South Wales
  -Attractions:Bowral is perhaps the best known of the towns and villages of the Southern Highlands, and in recent years has become the commercial centre of the Wingecarribee Shire. Bowral is known for its boutiques, antique stores, gourmet restaurants, and rich coffee culture.Bowral is home to the...
  
  , Crookwell
  Crookwell, New South Wales
  Crookwell is a small town located in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in the Upper Lachlan Shire. At the 2006 census, Crookwell had a population of 1,993 people. The town is at a relatively high altitude in Australian terms , and there are occasional snowfalls during the...
  
  , Goulburn
  Goulburn, New South Wales
  Goulburn is a provincial city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Goulburn Mulwaree Council Local Government Area. It is located south-west of Sydney on the Hume Highway and above sea-level. On Census night 2006, Goulburn had a population of 20,127 people...
  
  , Marulan (proposed)
• 02 40 Newcastle
  Newcastle, New South Wales
  The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...
  
  , Lower Hunter (new)
• 02 41 Newcastle, Lower Hunter (proposed)
• 02 42 Wollongong
• 02 43 Gosford, Central Coast
• 02 44 Moruya, Nowra
  Nowra, New South Wales
  Nowra is a city in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Located SSW and approximately by road south of the state capital of Sydney, it has an estimated population together with its twin-town of Bomaderry of 34,479. It is also the seat and commercial centre of the City of Shoalhaven...
  
  
• 02 45 Windsor
  Windsor, New South Wales
  Windsor is a town in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Windsor is located in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury. It sits on the Hawkesbury River, on the north-western outskirts of the Sydney metropolitan area. At the 2006 census, Windsor had a population of...
  
  , Richmond
  Richmond, New South Wales
  Richmond is a town in New South Wales, north-west of Sydney, in the Local Government Area of the City of Hawkesbury. It is located at a latitude of 33° 35' 54" South and a longitude of 150°45' 04" east, 19 metres above sea level on the alluvial Hawkesbury River flats, at the foot of the Blue...
  
  
• 02 46 Campbelltown
  Campbelltown, New South Wales
  Campbelltown is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Campbelltown is located 51 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Campbelltown.- History :Campbelltown...
  
  
• 02 47 Penrith
  Penrith, New South Wales
  Penrith is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Penrith is located west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Penrith...
  
  , Blue Mountains
• 02 48 Bowral, Crookwell, Goulburn, Marulan
• 02 49 Newcastle, Lower Hunter
• 02 50 Albury
  Albury, New South Wales
  Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Albury Local Government Area...
  
  , Corryong, Wodonga (proposed)
• 02 51 Canberra
  Canberra
  Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
  
  , Queanbeyan, Yass (proposed)
• 02 52 Canberra, Queanbeyan, Yass (proposed)
• 02 53 Bathurst
  Bathurst, New South Wales
  -CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...
  
  , Orange. (new)
• 02 55 Kempsey
  Kempsey, New South Wales
  Kempsey is a town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia and is the council seat for Kempsey Shire. It is located 15 kilometres inland from the coast of the Pacific Ocean where the Pacific Highway and the North Coast railway line cross the Macleay River...
  
  , Taree
  Taree, New South Wales
  Taree is a city 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 around 20,000 people and is the centre of a significant agricultural district. It is 16 km from the sea coast,...
  
  , Lord Howe Island
  Lord Howe Island
  Lord Howe Island is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, directly east of mainland Port Macquarie, and about from Norfolk Island. The island is about 11 km long and between 2.8 km and 0.6 km wide with an area of...
  
  , Muswellbrook (new)
• 02 56 Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Lismore (new)
• 02 57 Armidale, Tamworth, Northern Tablelands (new)
• 02 58 Bourke
  Bourke, New South Wales
  -Transportation:Bourke can be reached by the Mitchell Highway, with additional sealed roads from town to the north , east and south . The town is also served by Bourke Airport and has Countrylink bus service to other regional centres, like Dubbo...
  
  , Dubbo, Far West. (new)
• 02 59 Griffith, Wagga Wagga, Riverina (new)
• 02 60 Albury, Corryong, Wodonga
• 02 61 Canberra, Queanbeyan, Yass (new)
• 02 62 Canberra, Queanbeyan, Yass
• 02 63 Bathurst, Orange, Cowra
• 02 64 Bega, Cooma
• 02 65 Port Macquarie, Kempsey, Taree, Lord Howe Island, Muswellbrook.
• 02 66 Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Lismore
• 02 67 Armidale, Glen Innes, Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Narrabri, Tamworth
  Tamworth, New South Wales
  Tamworth is a city in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Peel River, Tamworth, which contains an estimated population of 47,595 people, is the major regional centre for southern New England and in the local government area of Tamworth Regional Council. The city...
  
  
• 02 68 Bourke, Dubbo, Far West
• 02 69 Griffith, Wagga Wagga, Riverina
• 02 7 Sydney
  Sydney
  Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
  
   (proposed)
• 02 8 Sydney (new)
• 02 9 Sydney

South-east region (03)

• 03 40 Mildura, Balranald (new)
• 03 41 Bairnsdale (new)
• 03 42 Geelong, Colac (proposed)
• 03 43 Ballarat (new)
• 03 44 Bendigo (new)
• 03 45 Warrnambool (proposed)
• 03 47 Wangaratta (new)
• 03 48 Deniliquin, Numurkah, Shepparton (proposed)
• 03 49 Mornington (new)
• 03 50 Mildura, Balranald
• 03 51 Traralgon, Bairnsdale
• 03 52 Colac, Geelong
• 03 53 Ballarat
• 03 54 Bendigo
• 03 55 Warrnambool
• 03 56 Foster, Warragul, Drouin
• 03 57 Wangaratta
• 03 58 Deniliquin, Shepparton
• 03 59 Mornington, Pakenham, Rosebud, Warburton, Yarra Ranges
• 03 61 Hobart
  Hobart
  Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
  
   (new)
• 03 62 Hobart
  Hobart
  Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
  
  
• 03 63 Launceston
• 03 64 Devonport, Burnie, Queenstown
• 03 65 Devonport, Burnie, Queenstown (proposed)
• 03 67 Launceston (proposed)
• 03 7 Melbourne
  Melbourne
  Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
  
   (proposed)
• 03 8 Melbourne (new)
• 03 9 Melbourne

North-east region (07)

• 07 2 Brisbane, Bribie Island (proposed)
• 07 3 Brisbane
  Brisbane
  Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
  
  , Bribie Island
• 07 40 Cairns, Far North Queensland
  Far North Queensland
  Far North Queensland, or FNQ, is the northernmost part of the Australian state of Queensland. The region, which contains a large section of the Tropical North Queensland area, stretches from the city of Cairns north to the Torres Strait...
  
  
• 07 41 Bundaberg, Kingaroy
• 07 42 Cairns (new)
• 07 43 Bundaberg, Kingaroy (proposed)
• 07 44 Townsville, North Queensland
  North Queensland
  North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the state of Queensland in Australia. Queensland is a massive state, larger than most countries, and the tropical northern part of it has been historically remote and undeveloped, resulting in a distinctive regional character and...
  
   (new)
• 07 45 Toowoomba, Roma, south-west (new)
• 07 46 Toowoomba, Roma, South West
• 07 47 Townsville, North Queensland
• 07 48 Rockhampton
  Rockhampton
  Rockhampton can refer to:* Rockhampton, Queensland is a city in Queensland, Australia* Rockhampton City, Queensland, a suburb of Rockhampton, Queensland* Electoral district of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia...
  
  , Mackay
  Mackay, Queensland
  Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
  
   (new)
• 07 49 Rockhampton, Mackay, Gladstone
  Gladstone, Queensland
  - Education :Gladstone has several primary schools, three high schools, and one university campus, Central Queensland University. It is also home to CQIT Gladstone Campus.- Recreation :...
  
  
• 07 52 Sunshine Coast
  Sunshine Coast, Queensland
  The Sunshine Coast is an urban area in South East Queensland, north of the state capital of Brisbane on the Pacific Ocean coastline. Although it does not have a central business district, by population it ranks as the 10th largest metropolis in Australia and the third largest in...
  
  , Esk, Nambour, Gatton, Caboolture (proposed)
• 07 53 Sunshine Coast, Esk, Nambour, Gatton, Caboolture (new)
• 07 54 Sunshine Coast, Esk, Nambour, Gatton, Caboolture
• 07 55 Gold Coast
  Gold Coast, Queensland
  Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
  
  , Beaudesert
• 07 56 Gold Coast, Beaudesert (new)
• 07 57 Gold Coast, Beaudesert (proposed)
• 07 76 Inglewood, Toowoomba (proposed)

Central and West region (08)

• 08 51 Port Hedland (proposed)
• 08 52 Perth
  Perth, Western Australia
  Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
  
   (proposed)
• 08 53 Perth (proposed)
• 08 54 Perth (proposed)
• 08 60 Kalgoorlie, Merredin, Goldfields-Esperance (new)
• 08 61 Perth (new)
• 08 62 Perth (new)
• 08 63 Perth (new)
• 08 64 Perth (new)
• 08 65 Perth (new)
• 08 67 Bridgetown, Bunbury (proposed - with exceptions)
• 08 68 Albany (new)
• 08 70 Adelaide
  Adelaide
  Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
  
   (new)
• 08 71 Adelaide (new)
• 08 72 Adelaide (new)
• 08 73 Adelaide (new)
• 08 74 Adelaide (new)
• 08 75 Riverland, Murraylands (new)
• 08 76 Ceduna (new)
• 08 77 South East (proposed)
• 08 78 Mid North (proposed - with exceptions)
• 08 79 Northern Territory
  Northern Territory
  The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
  
   (Alice Springs, Darwin
  Darwin, Northern Territory
  Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
  
  ) (new)
• 08 80 Broken Hill
  Broken Hill, New South Wales
  -Geology:Broken Hill's massive orebody, which formed about 1,800 million years ago, has proved to be among the world's largest silver-lead-zinc mineral deposits. The orebody is shaped like a boomerang plunging into the earth at its ends and outcropping in the centre. The protruding tip of the...
  
  
• 08 81 Adelaide (new)
• 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 Derby [inc. Cocos/Keeling
  Telephone numbers in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  Country Code: +61 8 9162 International Call Prefix: 00Trunk Prefix: 0Telephone numbers in the Cocos Islands use ranges owned by Australia.Format +61 8 9162 XXXX-References:...
  
   & Christmas Islands
  Telephone numbers in Christmas Island
  Country Code: +61 8 9164 International Call Prefix: 00Trunk Prefix: 0Telephone numbers in Christmas Island use ranges owned by Australia.Format +61 8 9164 XXXX-References:...
  
  .]
• 08 92 Perth
  Perth, Western Australia
  Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
  
  
• 08 93 Perth
• 08 94 Perth
• 08 95 Bullsbrook East
• 08 96 Moora
• 08 97 Bridgetown
• 08 98 Albany
• 08 99 Geraldton

• (new) means new since renumbering
• (proposed) means prefixes proposed by ACMA
  Australian Communications and Media Authority
  The Australian Communications and Media Authority is an Australian government statutory authority within the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy portfolio...
  
   and legislated in early 2008. Note, some of these numbers are now actually in use.
• 0x 5550 and 0x 7010 reserved for fictitious use.

Number prefixes used in state capital cities

Sydney

• City Centre: (02) 90, 92, 96, 99, 80, 82, 86 or 89
• North : (02) 99, 94, 914, 89, 84 or 74
• North West: (02) 98, 918, 88, 86 or 78
• West: (02) 97, 87, 81 or 77
• South West: (02) 95, 915, 85 or 75
• South / South East: (02) 93, 913, 83 or 73
• Northern Beaches: (02) 99, 94, 89, 84 or 74
• Dural: (02) 965, 99, 94, 89, 84 or 74
• Blacktown: (02) 962, 98, 88, 86 or 78
• Liverpool: (02) 960, 961, 97, 87, 81 or 77
• Sutherland Shire: (02) 95, 85 or 75
• Non geographic: (02) 96, 99, 90, 91, 80 or 89

Melbourne

• City & South: (03) 96, 90, 91 or 86
• West: (03) 93, 83 or 73
• North East: (03) 94 or 84
• East: (03) 98, 88 or 78
• South East: (03) 95, 85 or 75
• Outer West: (03) 97, 87, 80 or 77
• Outer North: (03) 97, 87, 81 or 71
• Outer East: (03) 97, 87, 82 or 72
• Outer South East: (03) 97, 87, 89 or 79
• Non geographic: (03) 90, 92, 99 or 70

Brisbane

• City Centre: (07) 30, 322, 332, 382, 323, 333, 383 or 22
• North East: (07) 36, 336 or 386
• North/North West: (07) 35, 325, 326, 335 or 385
• West/South West: (07) 37, 327, 337 or 387
• South East: (07) 30, 34, 324, 334, 384 or 24
• East: (07) 39, 329, 339 or 389
• Cleveland: (07) 30, 34, 328, 338, 388, 320, 330, 380 or 28
• Beenleigh: (07) 30, 34, 328, 338, 388, 320, 330, 380 or 28
• Ipswich: (07) 30, 34, 328, 338, 388, 320, 330, 380 or 28
• Samford: (07) 30, 34, 328, 338, 388, 320, 330, 380 or 28
• Redcliffe: (07) 30, 34, 328, 338, 388, 320, 330, 380 or 28
• Non geographic: (07) 31, 321, 331, 381 or 21

Adelaide

• City Centre: (08) 810, 811, 820, 821, 830, 831, 840, 841, 710, 711, 720, 721, 730, 731, 740 or 741
• South: (08) 817, 819, 827, 829, 837, 847, 849, 717, 719, 727, 729, 737, 739, 747 or 749
• East: (08) 813, 823, 833, 843, 713, 723, 733 or 743
• North East: (08) 816, 826, 836, 839, 846, 716, 726, 736 or 746
• North West: (08) 814, 824, 834, 844, 714, 724, 734 or 744
• West: (08) 815, 825, 835, 845, 715, 725, 735 or 745
• Salisbury: (08) 818, 828, 838, 848, 718, 728, 738 or 748
• Woodside: (08) 818, 828, 838, 848, 718, 728, 738 or 748
• Mt. Barker: (08) 818, 828, 838, 848, 718, 728, 738 or 748
• McLaren Vale: (08) 818, 828, 838, 848, 718, 728, 738 or 748
• Non geographic: (08) 812, 822, 832, 842, 712, 722, 732, 742 or 70

Perth

• City & South West: (08) 921, 931, 941, 922, 932, 942, 923, 933, 943, 611, 621, 631, 641, 612, 622, 632, 642, 613, 623, 633, 643, 521, 531, 541, 522, 532, 542, 523, 533 or 543
• East/South East: (08) 925, 935, 945, 625, 635 or 645
• North East: (08) 927, 937, 947, 627, 637, 647, 527, 537 or 547
• North/North West: (08) 924, 934, 944, 920, 930, 940, 624, 634 or 644, 620, 630, 640, 520, 530 or 540
• West: (08) 928, 938, 948, 628, 638 or 648
• Outer North: (08) 920, 930, 940, 620, 630, 640, 520, 530 or 540
• Herne Hill: (08) 929, 939, 949, 619, 629, 639, 649, 659, 529, 539 or 549
• Kalamunda: (08) 929, 939, 949, 619, 629, 639, 649, 659, 529, 539 or 549
• Armadale: (08) 929, 939, 949, 619, 629, 639, 649, 659, 529, 539 or 549
• Spearwood: (08) 929, 939, 949, 619, 629, 639, 649, 659, 529, 539 or 549
• Rottnest Island: (08) 929, 939, 949, 619, 629, 639, 649, 659, 529, 539 or 549
• Non geographic: (08) 926, 936, 946, 610, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 626, 636, 646, 650, 654, 655, 656, 657 or 658

Mobile phone numbers (04)

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". There are also many MVNO

Mobile virtual network operator

A mobile virtual network operator is a company that provides mobile phone services but does not have its own licensed frequency allocation of radio spectrum, nor does it necessarily have all of the infrastructure required to provide mobile telephone service...

s which use numbers from their wholesaler or might have their own ranges.

04xx	04x0	04x1	04x2	04x3	04x4	04x5	04x6	04x7	04x8	04x9
040x	Telstra Telstra Telstra Corporation Limited is an Australian telecommunications and media company, building and operating telecommunications networks and marketing voice, mobile, internet access and pay television products and services....	Optus Optus SingTel Optus Pty Limited is the second largest telecommunications company in Australia, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications...			Vodafone Vodafone Australia Vodafone Australia is a mobile telephone company, a subsidiary of Vodafone Hutchison Australia. Vodafone Australia was formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone Plc ....			Telstra
041x	Vodafone	Optus			Vodafone			Telstra
042x	0420 Multi	Optus			Vodafone			Telstra
043x	Vodafone	Optus		Vodafone	Optus		Spare	Telstra
044x	Spare				0444 Multi	Spare	0446 Multi	Telstra		Vodafone
045x	Vodafone				Spare			Telstra
046x	Spare						Optus	Telstra	0468 Multi	LycaMobile LycaMobile Lycamobile is a mobile virtual network operator in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom - it recently launched in Australia. The Lycamobile brand is distinct from the Lycatel brand and operates with different national...
047x	LycaMobile	Spare						Telstra	Optus	0479 Multi
048x	Spare							Telstra	0488 Multi	0489 Multi
049x	Spare								Telstra

Multi	Range	Provider
0420	0420 000 000 - 0420 019 999	Rail Corporation New South Wales
	0420 020 000 - 0420 099 999	Spare
	0420 100 000 - 0420 109 999	Pivotel Satellite Pty Limited
	0420 110 000 - 0420 199 999	Spare
	0420 200 000 - 0420 999 999	Vodafone
0444	0444 000 000 - 0444 399 999	Spare
	0444 400 000 - 0444 499 999	Telstra
	0444 500 000 - 0444 699 999	Spare
0446	0446 000 000 - 0446 199 999	Spare
	0446 200 000 - 0446 299 999	04GO Better
	0446 300 000 - 0446 599 999	Spare
	0446 600 000 - 0446 699 999	04GO Better
	0446 700 000 - 0446 999 999	Spare
0468	0468 000 000 - 0468 299 999	Spare
	0468 300 000 - 0468 999 999	Optus
0479	0479 000 000 - 0479 199 999	Optus
	0479 200 000 - 0479 999 999	Spare
0488	0488 000 000 - 0488 799 999	Telstra
	0488 800 000 - 0488 899 999	My Number Pty Ltd
	0488 900 000 - 0488 999 999	Telstra
0489	0489 000 000 - 0489 839 999	Spare
	0489 840 000 - 0489 849 999	Victorian Rail Track
	0489 850 000 - 0489 999 999	Spare

Personal numbers (05)

• 0500 - "Find me anywhere" - divert the number to a mobile or normal number and the caller pays the bill. This was the number prefix used by Telstra's OneNumber service. This was a flexible service that allowed you to associate an 0500 number with a variety of conventional numbers (typically home, office, mobile etc.). It could also be freely directed to any number in the world. Unfortunately, due probably to confusion with 0055 premium services, the rapid growth of mobiles and ineffective marketing by Telstra, the service never built many subscribers and was discontinued in 2007.
• 0550 - VOIP numbers
• 059 - Enum testing numbers

Satellite phone numbers (014)

Numbers beginning with 014 are predominantly used for satellite services. Parts of the 014 prefix had been used as a 9 digit, AMPS mobile phone access code. While these parts are still "reserved" for analogue mobile phone services there are none allocated for this purpose.

The 01471 prefix is the 10 digit replacement for the previous, 9 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: 220,000 with the rest "spare".

The prefixes 0141, 0142, 0143, 0145 and 0147 are set aside for satellite systems - presumably the entire 014 prefix will eventually be made available. However, there is not a lot of demand for these services, and many satellite phones now have normal mobile phone numbers (prefix 04).

Data numbers (0198)

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

Modem

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 and ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

Integrated Services Digital Network is a set of communications standards for simultaneous digital transmission of voice, video, data, and other network services over the traditional circuits of the public switched telephone network...

. e.g. 0198 379 000 is the Dial-Up PoP number for iiNet

IiNet

iiNet Limited is Australia's second largest internet service provider with over 1.3 million customers as of 15th August 2011. Their focus is primarily on ADSL-based Internet access, using their own ADSL2+ infrastructure, and reselling Telstra ADSL1. iiNet also provides dial-up and voice...

Obsolete numbers (014, 015, 016, 017, 018)

Some numbers are still in the plan that are no longer used.

The 016 prefix is used for pagers. As of March 2011 only 1000 numbers are allocated.

The 015 and 018 prefixes (along with parts of 014 and 017) were used for Analogue (AMPS

Advanced Mobile Phone System

Advanced Mobile Phone System was an analog mobile phone system standard developed by Bell Labs, and officially introduced in the Americas in 1983, Israel in 1986, and Australia in 1987. It was the primary analog mobile phone system in North America through the 1980s and into the 2000s...

) mobile phones. As of March 2011 only 3 numbers are allocated. These numbers were migrated into the 04 range in the late 1990s early 2000s.

Non-geographic numbers (domestic use)

The following codes are not generally dialable from international points, but used in domestic dialling:

• 000
  000 Emergency
  Triple Zero is the primary national emergency number in Australia. The Emergency Call Service is operated by Telstra a condition of its telecommunications licence, and is intended only for use in life-threatening or time-critical emergencies...
  
  - Emergency (Police, Fire, Ambulance)
• 106
  106 emergency
  106 is the Australian national textphone/TTY emergency number. It is operated by the Australian Communications Exchange, a non-profit organization that provides the relay services component for the National Relay Service...
  
  - TTY emergency (for the hearing-impaired)
• 11 - Community service
• 1100 - Dial Before You Dig
• 112
  1-1-2
  112 is the principal emergency telephone number that can be dialed free of charge from any telephone or any mobile phone in order to reach emergency services in the European Union , its candidates for accession, members of the EEA agreement, as well as several other countries in the world...
  
  - Emergency (from GSM mobile phones only)
• 114x xxxx - Mass calling service
• 119x - Community service (eg 1194 is time and 1196 is weather)
• 12 - Network services
• 122x - Operator services (eg 1223 is directory assistance)
• 1225 - International directory assistance
• 123x - Operator services (eg 1234 is Sensis personal assistance)
• 124xx - Operator services (eg 12456 is Sensis Call Connect)
• 125xxx - Telstra Mobile Services (eg 125111 is Telstra Mobile Customer Service)
• 1268x, 1268 xxxx and 1268 xxx xxx - Internal network services
• 127 - Testing numbers (eg 12722123 reads your number from a Telstra line) (length varies)
• 1282 - Call information service
• 128xx - Call information service
• 13 xx xx and 1300 xxx xxx - "Local Rate" calls
• 1345 xxxx - Local rate calls (only used for back-to-base monitored alarm systems)
• 15 - Internal network testing
• 180 xxxx and 1800 xxx xxx - FreeCall
• 188 xxxx - Premium SMS (since moved to 19 range)
• 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 prefix (0).
• The 106 number is believed to be the first nation-wide 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.
• Some of these numbers are dialable from overseas, it is up to the individual owner to set this up correctly (for 13 and 18 numbers at least) (e.g. +61 13x xxx)

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, plus each current area code has large spaces unallocated.

Emergency services numbers (000, 106, 112)

000

000 Emergency

Triple Zero is the primary national emergency number in Australia. The Emergency Call Service is operated by Telstra a condition of its telecommunications licence, and is intended only for use in life-threatening or time-critical emergencies...

is the primary emergency telephone number

Emergency telephone number

Many countries' public telephone networks have a single emergency telephone number, sometimes known as the universal emergency telephone number or occasionally the emergency services number, that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assistance. The emergency telephone number may...

 in Australia. Secondary emergency numbers are 106

106 emergency

106 is the Australian national textphone/TTY emergency number. It is operated by the Australian Communications Exchange, a non-profit organization that provides the relay services component for the National Relay Service...

(for use by the hearing impaired with a TTY terminal) and the international GSM mobile emergency telephone number 112

1-1-2

112 is the principal emergency telephone number that can be dialed free of charge from any telephone or any mobile phone in order to reach emergency services in the European Union , its candidates for accession, members of the EEA agreement, as well as several other countries in the world...

.

Increased 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 land lines. 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.

A proposed amendment to the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 would prevent carriers from providing emergency services access to SIM-less devices, i.e. mobile telephones that do not have a SIM installed.

Local Rate and FreeCall numbers (13, 180)

Australia uses the free call prefix 1800 for 10 digit freecall numbers. This is copied from the North American or NANPA

Nanpa

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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 only charge the caller 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 new numbering plan. Businesses looking for local callers tend to connect a "1300". 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.

1800, 1300 and 13 numbers are reverse charge networks. There is no real difference between a 13 number and a 1300 number other than the length of the number, though the shorter number has a higher fee for the owner of the number. The difference between a 13 number and an 1800 number is that a 13 number attracts a local call connect fee (around 25c) when dialled from a landline. A call to an 1800 is free when dialled from a landline. Note that higher fees usually apply when either type of number is dialled from a mobile phone. These numbers "forward" to a geographic or mobile number. When a 13 number is called by a user in the same local call area there is usually no cost to the recipient for the first 20 minutes. 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 numbers, the area code 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 actually range from a standard SMS cost (usually 25c), up to 55c for competition use, to several dollars for other uses, such as unique bid auction

Unique bid auction

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s.

Default (0011)

The main international prefix is 0011. (For mobile phones, the plus symbol "+" can be used instead of the prefix.http://www.howtocallabroad.com/qa/plus-sign.htmlhttp://virginmobile.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/68)

Others

There are other codes for using a non-default carrier or a special plan:

• 0014 will route through the Primus network
• 0015 will use the Telstra network on a special mode for international faxing.
• 0016 will use the Telstra network
• 0018 will use the Telstra network for charging in half-hour blocks
• 0019 will use the Optus network
• Other 4 and 5 digit prefixes beginning with 001 (and even 009) are available but have not been allocated.

However, carrier selection codes (14xx) are now also used, and carrier pre-selection is widely used.

Provider override codes (14)

These numbers would be dialled before the destination number to be billed by a provider other than your normal biller. For example, to use AAPT to call Japan one would dial 1414 0011 81 xxx xxx xxxx, or to use Optus to call a Perth number one would dial 1456 08 xxxx xxxx.

• 1411 - Telstra
• 1414 - AAPT
• 1434 - GOtalk
• 1441 - Vodafone
• 1447 - Corporate Holdings
• 1456 - Optus
• 1466 - Primus
• 1474 - Powertel
• 1477 - Vocus Communications
• 1488 - Axicorp

Supplementary Control service (183)

• 1831 - Block caller-id sending
• 1832 - Unblock Caller-id sending

Feature codes - Telstra

These codes are only true for Telstra-infrastructure based landline phones

• Call waiting
  • *#43# - Check call waiting status
  • *43# - Enable call waiting
  • #43# - Disable call waiting
  • *44 - Dial before a number to disable call waiting for the call duration (Enabled on Ericsson 'AXE' and Alcatel 'S12' based exchanges)
• Call forward - immediate
  • *#21# - Check Call Forward Immediate Status
  • *21 [forward number] # - Enable Call Forward Immediate on all incoming calls
  • #21# - Disable Call Forward Immediate
• Call forward - busy
  • *#24# - Check Call Forward Busy Status
  • *24 [forward number] # - Enable Call Forward when line is Busy for incoming calls
  • #24# - Disable Call Forward Busy
• Last call return
  • *10# - Check last missed call
  • 0# - Redial last number (This is only enabled on Ericsson based Exchanges)
• Call control
  • *30 [old pin] * [new pin] * [new pin] # - Setup/change current Call Control PIN
  • *#33# - Check Call Control Status
  • *33 [pin] # - Enable Call Control on line
  • #33 [pin] # - Disable Call Control on line

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
• Optus landline test numbers
  • 1272312 - Playback the last connected or current landline number
  • 1272399 - Ringback the current landline number
• Other
  • 12711 - Current Carrier Name

Historic numbering plans

0055 numbers were previously premium-rate numbers, but have been moved into 190 numbers before 1999. They are still referenced by many Australians.

013 was previously the directory assistance number, which has been moved to 1223, 1234 and 12456.

014 was originally the number for the time, which later was changed to 1104, and more recently 1194.

0176 was previously the reverse-charge call operator, which has been moved to 12550 or 3rd-party companies such as 1800 REVERSE.

Until the early 1960s, the first one or two digits of telephone numbers in metropolitan areas were alphabetical, 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.

This 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 old call back number was 199, and could be used on public pay phones, and private numbers too. This has been moved to newer numbers.

External links

• List of Telephone Exchanges
• Excel file of exchange prefixes via Telstra Wholesale site
• Telecommunications Numbering Plan 1997
• All Areas by Prefix (official site)
• Australia dialing codes