Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Australian Dollar (AUD)
- Symbol
- $ — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- $123,456.78
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- 1 USD = 1.426877125664 AUD (ecb, 2026-07-16)
Tax
- 0% — gst free
Payment methods in Australia
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 card
- 02 apple pay
- 03 google pay
- 04 paypal
- 05 afterpay
- 06 klarna
- 07 zip
- 08 becs
- 09 payid
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard, eftpos, amex, jcb, unionpay, diners. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- en-AU
- Official languages
- English
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +61
- Mobile format
- +61 4XX XXX XXX
- Digits
- 9
Australia: common questions
What currency does Australia use?
Australia uses the Australian Dollar (AUD), symbol $. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as $123,456.78.
How many decimal places does AUD have?
AUD has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the GST rate in Australia?
The standard GST rate in Australia is 10.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Australia?
The methods that matter in Australia, in rough order of use: card, apple pay, google pay, paypal, afterpay, klarna, zip, becs, payid.
What is the dialling code for Australia?
Australia's country calling code is +61. Mobile numbers are formatted +61 4XX XXX XXX (9 digits after the country code).
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