DataTools Address Lists is a service that provides businesses with accurate and precise Australian address data sourced from Australia Post’s Postal Address File (PAF).

The Postal Address File (PAF) is Australia’s most premium dataset of addresses. It contains every deliverable address point in Australia, including street addresses, unit information, and postal addresses like PO Boxes. It is maintained by Australia Post and sourced from local, state, and territory government land records and Commonwealth government agencies.

The PAF currently contains over 15 million verified deliverable addresses in Australia.

The PAF’s quality is extremely high, as the data is sourced from local government and verified by the postal workers (Posties) who deliver the mail.

Yes, the data files are designed to be simple to view and load into other software applications. The data is provided in a standard text delimited file format with fields delimited by a bar character “|”.

Example:

What fields are included?

The file contains the following columns\fields.

How should I present the addresses fields provided when printing the address onto an envelope?

You can start using the address data right away. Once you complete your purchase, you will receive immediate access to the data files. We provide instant download links via the Address Lists website and we’ll send you a copy of the download link via email, along with your invoice. 

If you lose your download link to the address file, don’t worry! Our customer support team is here to assist you. Simply reach out to our support team via form, email or phone, and they will provide you with a new download link so you can access your purchased address data.

We offer a variety of secure payment methods to make your purchase convenient. You can use major credit cards, such as Visa, Mastercard and American Express. 

We take pride in providing our customers with the most up-to-date address data available. The Address List Data is regularly updated to ensure accuracy and relevancy. We release new updates of the address lists quarterly, in the months of March, June, September and December.

You as a customer can use the Data to:

1. Market and communicate to your existing customers or list of addresses in the Data dataset;
2. Perform analytics and data integration for your own internal use;
3. Add attributes to the Data dataset for your own internal use; and
4. Assist with planning and allocating resources and products or providing services to your existing customers.

You as a customer cannot:

1. Supply or make the Data dataset available to a third party unless that third party is using the Data dataset on behalf of you the Customer to provide services to the Customer and that third party does not retain or use the Data dataset for any other purposes;
2. Sell, transfer, distribute or otherwise deal with the Data dataset; or
3. Use the Data dataset to validate addresses or create a product that validates addresses or similar.