# Australian Postcodes

> Use this tool when you need to perform fast and accurate postcode and suburb lookups for Australia, with advanced fuzzy matching and phonetic search capabilities to solve address validation and location-based queries. It takes in user input such as suburb names, postcodes, or geographic coordinates and returns relevant data, including exact matches, suggestions, and analytics. Ideal for applications requiring robust Australian geographic data, such as address validation systems, location-based services, and voice assistants.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/jezweb-australian-postcodes  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jezweb-australian-postcodes

## Description

Australian Postcodes MCP server by jezweb that provides fast, comprehensive postcode and suburb lookup services for Australia with advanced fuzzy matching and phonetic search capabilities. Built with FastMCP and SQLite, the implementation loads ~17,000 Australian postcodes from GitHub CSV data and offers 16 specialized tools including exact searches, spelling validation, autocomplete, LGA (Local Government Area) queries, geographic radius searches, and voice-friendly phonetic matching using Double Metaphone encoding. The server features intelligent compound word handling for suburbs like "Newcastle" vs "New Castle", configurable similarity thresholds, and comprehensive analytics tools for state statistics and regional searches, making it valuable for address validation systems, location-based applications, voice assistants processing Australian addresses, and any application requiring robust Australian geographic data with tolerance for misspellings and variations in suburb names.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** database
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/jezweb-australian-postcodes)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jezweb/australian-postcodes-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "jezweb-australian-postcodes"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jezweb-australian-postcodes` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jezweb-australian-postcodes/pull`

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