Australia Postal Address File Statistics
Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at 12:13PM
Adam Brown in AMAS, AMAS, Address-IT, Australia Post, Barcoding

Each quarter we receive the updated Postal Address File (PAF) from the Australia Post AMAS program for distribution to our Address-IT clients. We basically take this database and run it thru a bit of software that we call the PAFinator. The PAFinator builds our version of the PAF file for inclusion with Address-IT. We then distribute the latest release of the Address-IT products a month prior to the expiration date (end of each quarter) for the previous verison. This gives our clients at least a month to then upgrade to the latest version.

Each time we receive the PAF we also receive a summary of the latest PAF statistics. It is always pretty interesting to see where the growth is from previous months.

Here is a summary of how many delivery points there are in the PAF.


 AAT ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Total
Lots
0
5
29,759
277
35,183
11,245
469
11,655
36,116
124,709
Ranged
0
4,299
267,320
1,476
83,438
14,718
5,224
90,737
21,143
488,355
Single
0
145,905
2,841,702
57,364
1,742,368
683,489
247,481
2,252,762
962,472
8,933,543
Total
0
150209
3138781
59117
1860989
709452
253174
2355154
1019731
9,546,607
Postal Delivery Type
4
37,529
575,165
40,196
400,582
157,518
46,583
401,322
188,517
1,847,416
Grand Total
4
187,738
3,713,946
99,313
2,261,571
866,970
299,757
2,756,476
1,208,248
11,394,023



I have also included the rest of the PAF stats such as how many postcodes are there, localities, etc.

What do the seven PAF tables contain?

PAF V2006.2
PAF V2006.3
How many Points (DPIDs)?
11,309,913
11,394,023
How many Delivery Point Group entries (ie Street Types and Postal Delivery Types)?
375,321
379,255
    GroupDID
56,496 57,900
How many Locality entries?
13,354
13,499
    LocalityDID
4,573 4,609
How many Synonym Table entries?
4,342
6,020
    Valid Synonyms
1,422 1,377
    Unacceptable Synonyms
2,920 4,643
How many Code Table entries?
633
633
How many Bordering Locality Table entries?
53,512
53,409
How many Street Alternate Table entries?
672
673

Postcodes and Localities

PAF V2006.2
PAF V2006.3
How many Postcodes are there?
2,8972,902
How many Localities are there?
13,35413,499
How many Postcodes and Localities does each State have?
Post Codes
Localities
Post Codes
Localities
    AAT
1
414
    ACT
32
12232122
    NSW
715
4,1077144,145
    NT
44
15444154
    QLD
449
2,8044492,840
    SA
344
984343988
    TAS
119
739119739
    VIC
722
2,7197232,779
    WA
477
1,7214771,728

Flat & Unit types

PAF V2006.2
PAF V2006.3
How many of these DPIDs are there?
2,140,423
2,169,538
How many of these have no type? (ie default of Unit)
1,387,222
1,387,514
What are the other major types?
    U (Unit)
612,313
636,894
    Shop
83,418
85,093
    SE (Suite)
31,966
32,698
    VLLA (Villa)
5,458
5,554
How many have a suffix?
41,133
41,838

Floors and Levels

PAF V2006.2
PAF V2006.3
How many of these DPIDs are there?
58,303
59,140
What are the major floor and level types?
    L (Level)
48,447
49,092
    G (Ground floor)
8,508
8,651

Thoroughfares and their DPIDs

PAF V2006.2
PAF V2006.3
How many Thoroughfares are there in the PAF?
364,479368,385
How many DPIDs do these cover?
9,473,2899,546,607
What are the major street types, and how many DPIDs does each have?
Occurrences
DPIDs
Occurrences
DPIDs
    ST (Street)
111,319
3,730,685111,6683,751,436
    RD (Road)
85,155
2,019,31787,1722,032,634
    CT (Court)
38,072
446,48938,375450,793
    AVE (Avenue)
26,471
903,18326,552908,565
    PL (Place)
25,130
331,42425,314333,458
    DR (Drive)
15,236
556,79915,408565,549
    CL (Close)
12,813
164,85912,917166,207
    CRES (Crescent)
11,431
372,25811,480374,529
    And those with No Street Type (Blank)
2,087
78,0142,11579,544

Street points for Standard addresses

PAF V2006.2
PAF V2006.3
How many DPIDs for standard addresses, eg: 10 Smith Street?
8,867,579
8,933,543

Street points for ranged addresses

PAF V2006.2
PAF V2006.3
How many DPIDs for ranged addresses, eg: 10-12 Smith Street?
478,454
488,355

Lot numbers

PAF V2006.2
PAF V2006.3
  1. How many Lot number DPIDs are there?
127,256
124,709

Primary and Secondary Points

PAF V2006.2
PAF V2006.3
How many primary point records are there?
6,926,085
6,968,370
How many secondary point records are there?
2,419,948
2,453,528

Building/Property Names

PAF V2006.2
PAF V2006.3
  1. How many address records have a Building/Property Name?
106,607
110,812

Postal Delivery Types

PAF V2006.2
PAF V2006.3
How many Postal Delivery type DPIDs are there?
1,836,624
1,847,416
What are the major postal delivery types and how many DPIDs do they each have?
    PO BOX (Post Office Box)
1,708,136
1,721,272
    RMB (Rural Mail Box/Bag)
55,551
53,180
    GPO BOX (General Post Office Box)
32,596
32,191
    RSD (Road Side Delivery)
9,844
9,916
    LOCKED BAG
15,472
15,683
    PRIVATE BAG
9,548
9,681
    CARE PO
3,808
3,818
    MS (Mail Service)
748
751
How many with a suffix?
9,776
9,755
How many with a prefix?
28,215
28,228

Delivery Points

PAF V2006.2
PAF V2006.3
The total number of DPIDs is?
11,309,913
100%11,394,023100%
These are comprised of:
DPIDs
DPIDs
    Street DPIDs
9,473,289
83.76%9,546,60783.79%
    Postal Delivery type DPIDs
1,836,624
16.24%1,847,41616.21%
For each State, how many DPIDs
Street Type
PD TypeStreet TypePD Type
    AAT
0
404
    ACT
149,051
37,515150,20937,529
    NSW
3,116,425
571,8863,138,781575,165
    NT
59,045
40,18959,11740,196
    QLD
1,841,004
397,0881,860,989400,582
    SA
707,359
156,407709,452157,518
    TAS
252,321
46,389253,17446,583
    VIC
2,340,052
399,7452,355,154401,322
    WA
1,008,032
187,4011,019,731188,517



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