Working Holiday · Subclass 462

Where “specified work” counts

Colour-coded postcode areas where farm, tourism & regional work counts toward a 2nd or 3rd year Work and Holiday (462) visa.

Find a postcode or place

Type a 4-digit postcode or a suburb / town name — or hover / tap any area on the map.

Pick a postcode to see whether work there counts as specified 462 work — and which kinds of work qualify.

Designated work areas

Not a specified-work areaCapital-city metros — work here doesn’t count

Why is so much of the map green? For farm & construction work, almost everywhere outside the capital cities qualifies. The hatched zones — Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide — are the main places it doesn’t count.

How this works & important caveats

You can already work anywhere. A 462 visa lets you do almost any job anywhere in Australia for 12 months (max 6 months per employer). These colours only matter for extending to a 2nd or 3rd year.

To get a 2nd 462 visa you need 3 months (88 days) of specified work; for a 3rd, 6 months (179 days) — done in the eligible areas and industries shown here.

The area decides the job. Tourism & hospitality only counts in Remote/Northern areas; plant & animal cultivation and construction count in Regional/Northern; fishing, pearling and tree-felling count in Northern Australia only.

Boundaries are ABS Postal Area (POA) 2021 approximations of postcodes — they don’t perfectly match Australia Post boundaries, and a few PO-box-only postcodes have no area on the map. Always confirm against the official page before relying on it.

Source of truth: immi.homeaffairs.gov.au — Specified work (subclass 462). Legal basis: LIN 18/197.

Boundaries © Australian Bureau of Statistics (CC BY 4.0). Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors, © CARTO. Postcode index: matthewproctor/australianpostcodes. Not legal advice — verify with the Department of Home Affairs.

Tip: hover an area for details, click to lock it. Toggle the area types in the panel.