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Shipping label for Australia
Fill in the recipient, print at 100 × 150 mm, and the locality lines come out in the order Australia Post expects.
Australia address format: how a local address is written
Recipient name first, then the street line, then the locality. In Australia the locality line reads: City, then state abbreviation, then postal code, all on one line.
- Address layout
- City, then state abbreviation, then postal code, all on one line.
- Postal code
- 2000
- Code format
- Four digits.
- State or province
- Part of the address
- Country line
- AUSTRALIA
- Local script
- Latin alphabet
- Currency
- AUD
- Dialling code
- +61
- Customs status
- Outside the EU
Addresses in Australia are written in the Latin alphabet: copy the street line exactly as the recipient gave it.
Local conventions worth getting right in Australia
The suburb, state and postcode share the final line, and Australia Post asks for that line in capitals, as in SYDNEY NSW 2000. State abbreviations carry no full stops, so NSW rather than N.S.W. Leave punctuation and underlining out of the address entirely.
If nobody is home when the parcel reaches Australia
Australia Post gives you ten business days, not calendar days, and the difference is nearly two weeks over a holiday period. If there is no safe place to leave the parcel it goes to a nearby post office with a card, a reminder follows after five business days, and the item is returned once the ten days run out. Collection needs photo identification as well as the card or the SMS, so a buyer sending a family member should be told to authorise them on the card first.
Worked example: a parcel arriving in Sydney
Sarah Whitfield 27 Weaver Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 AUSTRALIA
The last line is the destination country in English capitals, so the exporting post office can sort the item without reading the local script.
Australia uses postal codes. A valid one looks like 2000, the code for Sydney.
The national postal operator is Australia Post.
A state or province is part of a Australia address; a parcel without one can be delayed or returned. The example above shows where it belongs.
Generate a label for Australia
The destination is already set to Australia. The CN22 customs block appears on its own whenever the route needs one.
Shipment details
An address and handling label, not a carrier label: no postage, no tracking number. The barcode is your own order reference. Print it and add the carrier’s own label at drop-off.
Live label
This parcel needs a CN22 and this template has no room to print one. Switch to the portrait or landscape template, or attach the declaration to the parcel separately.
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Customs status
Australia is outside the EU customs union, so every inbound parcel needs a customs declaration: a CN22 on the label itself below roughly 300 SDR, a CN23 on a separate sheet above it.
Track a parcel to Australia
Have a tracking number for a parcel to Australia? Paste it here and Labelbench opens the carrier’s page with it filled in.
Inbound items are usually delivered by Australia Post on the last leg, whichever carrier collected them.
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Sending to Australia from abroad
Once the parcel crosses a border, the last address line must read AUSTRALIA in Latin capitals and a customs declaration is required, unless the route stays inside the EU customs union.
Sending inside Australia
For a domestic parcel, drop the country line and the customs block. Everything else on the label stays the same.
Straight answers · Australia
What this does, and what it does not
Is this an official postal label for Australia?
No, and no website can produce one. A carrier label carries a tracking number only Australia Post or a courier can issue against your account. This is an address and handling label: print it, tape it to the box, and add the carrier’s tracking label beside it at drop-off.
Does a parcel sent to Australia need a customs form?
Only if the parcel starts in a different country. Domestic shipments inside Australia need no customs paperwork. For inbound international parcels, a CN22 is required below roughly 300 SDR and is added to the label automatically; heavier or more valuable consignments need a CN23 on a separate sheet.
Can I write the address in Latin alphabet?
Addresses in Australia are written in the Latin alphabet: copy the street line exactly as the recipient gave it.
Guides for shipping to Australia
The format is only part of it: customs paperwork and handling are what send parcels back.
How to fill in a CN22 customs form
Every box explained, plus the three entries that get parcels stopped.
Declared value: what to write, and who pays the duty
What goes in the value box, and who gets the bill at the other end.
HS tariff codes: how to find the right one
Six digits that set the duty rate, and how to find yours without paying anyone.
How to write an international address
One rule that never changes, and the local conventions that do.