ISO 3166-2:AU

ISO 3166-2:AU is an ISO standard which defines geocodes: it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Australia. It describes 6 States and 2 Territories. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code AU for Australia, the second part of the code is based on the two or three character postal code.

Comparison with Postal Abbreviations

Australia also uses 4-digit numeric postcodes, such as Sydney NSW 2000.

Note these are different from the standard Australian postal abbreviations

State/Territory	ISO 3166-2	Postal
New South Wales	`AU-NSW`	`NSW`
Queensland	`AU-QLD`	`QLD`
South Australia	`AU-SA`	`SA`
Tasmania	`AU-TAS`	`TAS`
Victoria	`AU-VIC`	`VIC`
Western Australia	`AU-WA`	`WA`
Australian Capital Territory	`AU-ACT`	`ACT`
Northern Territory	`AU-NT`	`NT`

Codes

Sorted by Code
`AU-ACT`	Australian Capital Territory
`AU-NSW`	New South Wales
`AU-NT`	Northern Territory
`AU-QLD`	Queensland
`AU-SA`	South Australia
`AU-TAS`	Tasmania
`AU-VIC`	Victoria
`AU-WA`	Western Australia

Sorted by Name
States
New South Wales	`AU-NSW`
Queensland	`AU-QLD`
South Australia	`AU-SA`
Tasmania	`AU-TAS`
Victoria	`AU-VIC`
Western Australia	`AU-WA`
Territories
Australian Capital Territory	`AU-ACT`
Northern Territory	`AU-NT`

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Comparison with Postal Abbreviations

Codes

See also