---
title: "Get Address"
method: GET
path: "/addresses/{addressId}"
tags: ["address"]
---

# Get Address

`GET /addresses/{addressId}`

returns detailed information about a specific address

## Path parameters

- `addressId` string, required

## Response `200`

successful query

- Address — A physical Australian address in structured and unstructured formats. If an address has a "flat" component (e.g. UNIT 12, 32 SOME ST...), then it will also have an `smla` field, a shortened version of `mla`. e.g. (12/32 SOME ST...) Corrected 2026-08-09: this description previously also promised `ssla` on this representation. It is not served here. `ssla` is real, but it belongs to the search result, not the address detail: the loader lifts `sla` and `ssla` out before building the stored object this endpoint spreads, so `ssla` never reaches it. Same class as the `geo` name corrected below - a shipped spec naming something the endpoint does not return.
  - `pid` string, required — The Persistent Identifier is unique to the real world feature this record represents.
  - `structured` StructuredAddress, required
    - `buildingName` string — Combines both building/property name fields. (AS4590:2006 5.7).
    - `lotNumber` object
      - `prefix` string
      - `number` string
      - `suffix` string
    - `flat` object
      - `type` object
        - `name` string
        - `code` string
      - `prefix` string
      - `number` integer
      - `suffix` string
    - `level` object
      - `type` object
        - `na,e` string
        - `code` string
      - `prefix` string
      - `number` integer
      - `suffix` string
    - `number` object
      - `prefix` string
      - `number` integer
      - `suffix` string
      - `last` object
        - `prefix` string
        - `number` integer
        - `suffix` string
    - `street` object
      - `name` string
      - `type` object
        - `name` string
        - `code` string
      - `suffix` object
        - `name` string
        - `code` string
    - `locality` object
      - `name` string
      - `class` object
        - `code` string
        - `name` string
    - `state` object
      - `name` string
      - `abbreviation` string
    - `postcode` string
    - `confidence` integer — Reflects how many contributor databases this address appears in (0 = 1 database, 1 = 2 database etc.).
  - `sla` string, required — The full address flattened to a single line. The primary use is for search results and for autocomplete.
  - `mla` string[], required — The full address flattened to at most four lines. The primary use is for address labels
  - `smla` string[] — The full address flattened to at most four lines. The primary use is for address labels
  - `geocoding` AddressGeocoding — Geocoding information about the address
    - `level` object
      - `code` integer — Binary indicator of the level of geocoding this address has. e.g. 0 = 000 = (No geocode), 1 = 001 = (No Locality geocode, No Street geocode, Address geocode), etc.
      - `name` string — Name of the geocode level type code.
    - `geocodes` object[]
      - `default` boolean — Indicates if the geocode is the default or a site geocode (i.e. from *_ADDRESS_DEFAULT_GEOCODE_psv or from *_ADDRESS_SITE_GEOCODE_psv)
      - `latitude` number
      - `longitude` number
      - `reliability` object
        - `code` integer — Spatial precision of the geocode expressed as number in the range, 1 (unique identification of feature) to 6 (feature associated to region i.e. postcode).
        - `name` string — Name of the geocode reliability code.
      - `type` object
        - `code` integer — Unique abbreviation for geocode feature. (e.g. "PRCL") (SAWG 7.4.1).
        - `name` string — Name of the geocode type code.
      - `description` string — Additional textual data
  - `precedence` string — DEPRECATED - do not depend on this field. It carries the source dataset's primary/secondary flag and has never been part of any published spec. It is documented here only so its removal is announced rather than silent. (Swagger 2.0 has no `deprecated` keyword for schema properties, so the signal is carried in this description; the OpenAPI 3 spec served at /api-docs sets `deprecated: true`.)
  - `sla_range_expanded` string[] — DEPRECATED - do not depend on this field, and do not use it for search. It holds the two endpoint forms of a range address, but it has NEVER been searchable: it was written to a path the index mapping does not cover, so no query has ever matched it. Range addresses are already reachable by either endpoint without it. Scheduled for removal; retained for now only so the response body and ETag of existing range addresses do not change. (Swagger 2.0 has no `deprecated` keyword for schema properties, so the signal is carried in this description; the OpenAPI 3 spec served at /api-docs sets `deprecated: true`.)

## Other responses

- `404` — not found
- `500` — unexpected error
- `503` — service unavailable

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