In one of our applications, we use ESRI suggest API to get suggestions against postal codes. However, we are getting incorrect responses for Australian postcodes.
example we tried with postcode `3068`
we got suggestions like
API used was
https://geocode.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/GeocodeServer/suggest?text=3068 &f=json&token=XXXX&outFields=*&maxSuggestions=15&category=Address,Postal&countryCode=AU&returnCollections=true
here is the definitive source for Australian postcodes
https://auspost.com.au/postcode
3068 is Valid for both suburbs..
post codes in Australia have their history in the catchment area of a post office(back in the days of post) which may reach beyond suburb boundaries... my post code reaches across 9 suburbs