The 88 days postcode dataset
Every Australian postcode that carries a specified work classification under the current instruments, as open data. Use it for research, journalism or your own tools — free under CC BY 4.0 with attribution to doesmyjobcount.com.
4,523
Classified postcodes
4,520
Regional Australia
350
Northern Australia
541
Remote / Very Remote
Provenance and licence
Transcribed from Schedule 1 of the authorised compilations of LIN 22/012 (subclass 417) and LIN 22/013 (subclass 462) — Compilation No. 3, in force 5 April 2025 — and regenerated from the same data that powers our checker. Last verified 12 August 2026. The remote_status_uncertain column flags postcodes 2833–2836, where the instruments' printed text is ambiguous ("2832 to 283").
Licence: CC BY 4.0. You may use, share and adapt the data, including commercially, with attribution and a link to doesmyjobcount.com. The underlying legislative text remains Commonwealth material — verify important decisions at the sources below.
Columns
| postcode | 4-digit Australian postcode |
| northern_australia | Within Northern Australia (Sch 1 item 2) |
| regional_australia | Within Regional Australia (Sch 1 item 3) |
| remote_very_remote_australia | Within Remote and Very Remote Australia (Sch 1 item 4) |
| tourism_hospitality_extra_postcode | One of the four extra tourism & hospitality postcodes (4406, 4416, 4498, 7215) |
| remote_status_uncertain | Instrument text is ambiguous for this postcode's remote status |
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