1300 at a glance
- Type
- Non-geographic
- Country
- Australia (+61)
- Number format
- 1300 XXX XXX (10 digits)
- From abroad
- +61 1300
- Cost to call
- Charged at a local-call rate from most landlines. From mobiles, calls are usually counted against your plan's included calls; check your plan, as some plans may charge separately.
1300 numbers are national local-rate numbers. A business can use one number across Australia, and callers on a landline pay about the same as a local call no matter where they are. Calls are routed to wherever the business chooses, so a 1300 number reveals nothing about the caller's location. Utilities, retailers, councils and service companies commonly use them. Under arrangements announced by the ACMA, mobile carriers offer plans where calls to 13 and 1300 numbers come out of the plan's included value. Some 1300 numbers are SmartNumbers, memorable numbers that the ACMA allocates and businesses can buy. Telemarketers calling from a 1300 number must still follow the Do Not Call Register rules.
A 1300 number on screen can be spoofed. If a caller claims to be your energy provider or bank, call back on the number printed on your bill or the official website.
Who called me from 1300?
The prefix tells you what kind of number it is (local-rate number), but not who is behind it. Numbers can be ported between networks and caller ID can be spoofed, so a familiar code is no guarantee. Search the full number to see its current carrier, line type and whether other people have reported it. Read our Australian phone number guide for mobile prefixes, networks and the scams currently doing the rounds.