---
id: "au_state_code"
kind: "pattern"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["geo", "government"]
country: ["AU"]
quality: 100
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/au_state_code"
---

# Australian state or territory abbreviation (`au_state_code`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Abbreviation of an Australian state or mainland territory, as written in addresses: ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC or WA. ISO 3166-2:AU uses the same letters after AU-.

- Pattern of: `au_state`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo), Government related (government)
- Countries: Australia (AU)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:ACT|NSW|NT|QLD|SA|TAS|VIC|WA)$
```

## Examples

- `NSW` — New South Wales
- `VIC` — Victoria
- `ACT` — Australian Capital Territory
- `QL` (invalid example)

## Mappings

- fta: `STATE_PROVINCE.STATE_AU`

## Supported by tools

- `fta`

## Translations

- ru: Сокращение штата Австралии

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia>
- other: <https://github.com/tsegall/fta/blob/main/SemanticTypes.md>

## Quality

Score 100/100.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/au_state_code.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/AU/geo/au_state_code.yaml>