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Christmas Island address format & examples
How to write a Christmas Islander address
Looking to learn how to write a Christmas Islander address? You're in luck, although we can’t promise you’ll get any extra presents from the big guy in red if you send your mail there, haha. Smarty can help you validate addresses on Christmas Island, or anywhere in the world.
Below, you’ll find the address format for Christmas Island:
- Building - If the address has a building name, this is where it goes.
- Level type and number - The type of level (e.g., floor) followed by the level number are both written on this line.
- Building number and premise and street - The unit number (if known), followed by the building number, followed by the street name.
- Dependent locality - Local area or neighborhood if applicable.
- City and administrative area and postal code - First, the city should be written, followed by the governance, and then followed by the postal code on the same line.
- Country - This can be shortened to CXR.

Christmas Island address examples
Residential address example31 Lam Lok Loh
Drumsite Christmas Island 6798
CXR
Smarty address validation tools
Smarty® has a suite of address validation tools that can format, standardize, and validate Christmas Island addresses, plus addresses in 250+ other countries and territories worldwide. Validate your Christmas Islander address with our tools.
Use the Single Address Verification Tool to verify and format 1 address at a time, the Bulk Address Validation Tool to verify and format a list addresses simultaneously, or use the International Street Address API to integrate address validation and formatting programmatically into your software systems and workflows.
Postal information
Christmas Island's national postal system, "Australia Post," was established in 1901. As of recent data, Australia Post services approximately 6 addresses, reflecting its extensive reach throughout Christmas Island. The organization manages a substantial network, indicative of its role as a major postal service provider in the region.
Administrative area types and count
1 territory
Administration area names and abbreviations
Christmas Island - CX
Term to describe postal codes
postal code
Postal code in language
postal code
Postal code format
6798
Postal service provider and website
Country information
Do you still need additional information beyond how to write an address on Christmas Island? Plenty of other location-based data, such as postal codes, ISO codes, and more, is available throughout this page, so what are you waiting for?
Country/territory name
Christmas Island
ISO3
CXR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
CX
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code
CXR
ISO 3166-1 numeric country code
162
Endonym
Christmas Island
Total land area
135 KM²
Capital
The Settlement
Other major cities
-
Population information
Total population
1900 (2016)
Urban / rural distribution
100% / 0%
Urban population
1900
Rural population
0
Official language
English, Chinese, Malay
All languages spoken
English, Chinese, Malay
Most commonly used postal language
English
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Now that you've seen our Christmas Islander address examples and have become a wizard at Christmas Island address formats, why not expand your expertise even further? Explore our detailed guides for related countries and territories to see how their address formats and examples vary.
Visit the global address formats page or Asia address formats page for more information on all the other countries and territories we cover. You can also read or read our article about international address verification to learn more.
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