To meet the three month specified work requirement for a second Working Holiday visa, work must be completed in an area whose postcode is included in the list below.
Specified work completed in areas that do not fit within the definition of regional Australia cannot be counted towards the requirement. Specified work must actually be done within an eligible regional Australia postcode area. Work that is completed in a non-eligible postcode area for an employer, whose office or post office box is in a regional Australia postcode area, does not meet the requirement.
| State/territory | 417 Regional Postcodes | 462 Regional Postcodes |
| Australian Capital Territory | No postcodes in the Australian Capital Territory are eligible. | No postcodes in the Australian Capital Territory are eligible. |
| New South Wales | 2311 to 2312 2328 to 2411 2420 to 2490 2536 to 2551 2575 to 2594 2618 to 2739 2787 to 2899 Note: Excludes Sydney, Newcastle, the Central Coast and Wollongong | 2311 to 2312 2328 to 2411 2420 to 2490 2536 to 2551 2575 to 2594 2618 to 2739 2787 to 2898 Note: Excludes Sydney, Newcastle, the Central Coast and Wollongong. |
| Norfolk Island | All of Norfolk Island is classified as part of regional Australia | All of Norfolk Island is eligible |
| Northern Territory | All of Northern Territory is classified as part of regional Australia | Entire Territory |
| Queensland | 4124 to 4125 4133 4211 4270 to 4272 4275 4280 4285 4287 4307 to 4499 4510 4512 4515 to 4519 4522 to 4899 Note: Excludes the Greater Brisbane area and the Gold Coast | 4124 to 4125 4133 4211 4270 to 4272 4275 4280 4285 4287 4307 to 4471 4474 to 4477 4479 4480 4486 to 4498 4510 4512 4515 to 4519 4550 to 4678 4715 4716 4718 4719 4857 Note: Excludes the Greater Brisbane area and the Gold Coast |
| South Australia | All of South Australia is classified as part of regional Australia | All of South Australia is eligible |
| Tasmania | All of Tasmania is classified as part of regional Australia | All of Tasmania is eligible |
| Victoria | 3139 3211 to 3334 3340 to 3424 3430 to 3649 3658 to 3749 3753 3756 3758 3762 3764 3778 to 3781 3783 3797 3799 3810 to 3909 3921 to 3925 3945 to 3974 3979 3981 to 3996 Note: Excludes Melbourne metropolitan area | 3139 3211 to 3334 3340 to 3424 3430 to 3649 3658 to 3749 3753 3756 3758 3762 3764 3778 to 3781 3783 3797 3799 3810 to 3909 3921 to 3925 3945 to 3974 3979 3981 to 3996 Note: Excludes Melbourne metropolitan area. |
| Western Australia | 6041 to 6044 6055 to 6056 6069 6076 6083 to 6084 6111 6121 to 6126 6200 to 6799 Note: Excludes Perth and surrounding areas | 6041 to 6044 6055 to 6056 6069 6076 6083 to 6084 6111 6121 to 6126 6207 to 6536 6556 to 6640 6731 6733 Note: Excludes Perth and surrounding areas. |
Note: Postcodes within this list is subject to change - for further information visit www.immi.gov.au
Note: Work can be carried out in the tourism and hospitality, plant and animal cultivation, forestry and fishing in certain areas of northern Australia and be eligible as specified work for the purpose of a second or third Work and Holiday for the subclass 462 visa. Get more information here.
