Australian Postcodes and Places Dataset – Subscription

$89/yr

A comprehensive and accurate list of Australian postcodes and suburbs, with additional demographic and geographic information.

For information on available formats view File Format Help. You can download a single suburb as a sample and view included fields on the Specifications page.

Included in this yearly subscription are all file formats, and the database is kept up-to-date with the major sources.

 

File Type Description
CSV Comma-Separated Values
XML Extensible Markup Language (nested)
XLSX Microsoft Excel Format
JSON List of JSON elements (nested)
geoJSON geoJSON file format - basically the same as the JSON version but made for mapping software. All localities are represented as POINTS.
SQL Text file containing INSERT statements for TABLE, COLUMNS and DATA.
Types used - VARCHAR, TEXT, NUMERIC, BIGINT, JSONB.
All columns are unconstrained.
Compatible with Postgres, SQL Server 2022, Azure...

Alternative column INSERT commands are also included for databases that aren't happy with the above types or lack of constraints:
Types used - VARCHAR, NUMERIC, BIGINT. All columns constrained to maximum size\/length occuring in the table.

If neither work for your specific database software then the CSV might be your best option.