Australia phone code
Australia country code +61. Area codes for 2,270 places, prefixes of 14 mobile operators, number formats and how to dial.
+61
- Country code
- +61
- Exit code (to call abroad)
- 0011
- Trunk prefix (domestic calls)
- 0
- Number length
- Digits after the country code: 9
- Example landline
- +61 2 1234 5678
- Example mobile
- +61 412 345 678
- Code shared with
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island
- Region
- Australia and New Zealand
How to dial
From abroad, dial +61, then the area code and number without the leading 0: +61 2 XXXX XXXX. In place of the +, dial the exit code of the country you are calling from: 00 in most countries, 011 from the US and Canada. On a mobile phone you can simply dial +.
Within the country the number is dialled as (02) XXXX XXXX.
Calling out: dial 0011, then the other country’s code and the number.
Area codes
| Code | Place |
|---|---|
| 2 | New South Wales, Gosford, Clarence Town/Dungog/Eccleston/East Gresford/Maitland/Mulbring/Karuah/Laguna/Wards River/Wootton/Tea Gardens/Swansea/Newcastle/Nelson Bay/Raymond Terrace/Stroud/Newcastle, Canberra and 707 more |
| 3 | Cowes/Cranbourne/Emerald/Healesville/Koo Wee Rup/Marysville/Mornington/Pakenham/Red Hill/Rosebud/Tankerton/Warburton, Melbourne, Swansea, Lismore and 507 more |
| 7 | Croydon, Brisbane, Beenleigh, Cleveland and 413 more |
| 8 | Bakers Hill/Bindoon/Bullsbrook East/Byford/Dwellingup/Gidgegannup/Gingin/Guilderton/Mandurah/Mount Helena/Mount Wells/Pinjarra/Rockingham/Toodyay/Yanchep, Windsor, Maitland, Marble Bar/Millstream/Mitchell/Mount Bruce/Newman/Onslow/Ord/Pannawonica/Paraburdoo/Port Hedland/Roebuck/Sandfire/Telfer/Tom Price/Whaleback/Wittenoom/Wyndham/Derby/Broome/Christmas Island/Cocos Island/Dampier/De Grey/Fitzroy Crossing/Great Sandy/Hall's Creek/Karratha/Kununurra/Leopold and 653 more |
Mobile operators
| Operator | Prefixes |
|---|---|
| Telstra | 400, 407, 408, 409, 417, 418, 419, 427, 428, 429, 436, 437, 438, 439, 444, 447 … |
| Optus | 401, 402, 403, 411, 412, 413, 421, 422, 423, 431, 432, 434, 435, 466, 468, 478 … |
| Vodafone | 404, 405, 406, 410, 414, 415, 416, 420, 424, 425, 426, 430, 433, 449, 450, 451 … |
| Lycamobile | 469, 470 |
| Pivotel Satellite | 420, 480, 485, 489 |
| MessageBird | 420, 440, 489 |
| Rail Corporation NSW | 420 |
| Aazad distribution discretionary trust | 440 |
| Dialogue Communications | 420 |
| My Number | 488 |
| Soul Pattinson | 449 |
| Symbio Networks | 420 |
| TravelSIM | 485 |
| Victorian Rail Track | 489 |
The operator is the one the number range was originally assigned to. If the subscriber ported the number, the current operator may differ.
Number types
| Type | International | Domestic |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | +61 2 1234 5678 | (02) 1234 5678 |
| Mobile | +61 412 345 678 | 0412 345 678 |
| Toll-free | +61 1800 123 456 | 1800 123 456 |
| Premium rate | +61 1900 123 456 | 1900 123 456 |
| Shared cost | +61 1300 123 456 | 1300 123 456 |
| VoIP | +61 147 101 234 | 0147 101 234 |
| Pager | +61 16 312 34 | 016 312 34 |
New Zealand 
Norfolk Island