3350 Ballarat
Victoria · 3 of 6 official tables
Official list last changed 5 Apr 2025 · checked 19 Oct 2026
As of 19 Oct 2026, postcode 3350 (Ballarat, VIC) appears in 3 of the six Home Affairs specified-work tables. 417 visa: all work types except tourism & hospitality. 462 visa: farm work, construction, bushfire recovery, disaster recovery.
| Type of work | 417 Working Holiday | 462 Work and Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Farm work (plant and animal cultivation) | Listed Table 4: Regional Australia | Listed Table 4: Regional Australia |
| Fishing and pearling | Listed Table 4: Regional Australia | Not listed |
| Tree farming and felling | Listed Table 4: Regional Australia | Not listed |
| Mining | Listed Table 4: Regional Australia | Not listed |
| Construction | Listed Table 4: Regional Australia | Listed Table 4: Regional Australia |
| Bushfire recovery (paid or volunteer) | Listed Table 5: Bushfire declared areas · work done from 1 Aug 2019 | Listed Table 5: Bushfire declared areas · work done from 1 Aug 2019 |
| Flood, cyclone and storm recovery (paid or volunteer) | Listed Table 6: Natural disaster declared areas · work done from 1 Jan 2022 · applications lodged from 5 Apr 2025 | Listed Table 6: Natural disaster declared areas · work done from 1 Jan 2022 · applications lodged from 5 Apr 2025 |
Not listed for either visa: Tourism & hospitality.
✓ Listed appears in a table for that work. ! Listed appears, with date conditions.
What to know about 3350
- The postcode that matters is where you physically work, not your employer's office address.
- Recovery work in a declared area can be paid or volunteer. For volunteer work, each day worked counts as one day.
- Mining is listed for the 417 visa only. It is never specified work for the 462 visa.
- The work must be paid at the legal award rate (except volunteer recovery work).
- On a 462 visa, these don't count in 3350: fishing & pearling, tree farming, mining. They do count on a 417.
- ABS classes 3350 as inner regional Australia. That's an ABS statistic and isn't the same as Home Affairs' list of remote areas for hospitality; the tables above are what count.
Nearby listed postcodes
- 3356 Ballarat · 4 km
- 3358 Winter Valley · 6 km
- 3352 Ballarat · 8 km
- 3355 Ballarat · 9 km
- 3357 Buninyong · 9 km
- 3363 Creswick · 20 km
Questions about 3350
Does farm work in Ballarat (3350) count for the 88 days?
Yes. Farm work (plant and animal cultivation) in 3350 is on the official list for both the 417 and the 462 visa.
Does hospitality in Ballarat (3350) count for the 88 days?
No. Tourism and hospitality only count in Northern Australia, Remote and Very Remote Australia and four extra postcodes. 3350 isn't one of them, so a café, bar or hotel job here doesn't count.
Does mining in Ballarat (3350) count for the 88 days?
On a 417 visa, yes, including mining support services and cleaning on a mine site. Mining never counts on a 462 visa.
Does construction work in Ballarat (3350) count?
Yes. Construction in 3350 is on the official list for both the 417 and the 462 visa.
Does it matter where I live or where my employer's office is?
No. What counts is where you physically do the work. If you work in 3350 but your payslips show an office elsewhere, ask your employer for a letter naming the work site and postcode.
Guides for working here
- Does mining count? FIFO, shutdowns and 12-hour shifts
- Volunteer recovery work and the 88 days
- 417 vs 462: what counts on each visa
- Casual work: how your hours count
- What evidence to keep
Sources
- Home Affairs: specified subclass 417 work and subclass 462 work (page last updated 12/10/2026 16:29).
- Migration (Specified work and areas for subclass 417 visas) Instrument (LIN 22/012) 2022, current compilation from 4 Apr 2025.
- Tables matched for 417: Table 4 (Regional Australia, VIC row); Table 5 (Bushfire declared areas, VIC row); Table 6 (Natural disaster declared areas, VIC row).
- Data version 31e3577d517d6850, checked 19 Oct 2026. How we check.