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GBP to AUD — compare your quote with the mid-market rate

British Pound → Australian Dollar

GBP → AUD is one of the largest migration and property corridors in the world — UK to Australia. On large transfers a 1–2% bank markup is a material amount; FX specialists routinely clear under 0.5%.

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1,911.44AUD
For 1,000 GBP · 1 GBP = 1.9114 AUD
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About the GBP/AUD pair

This page shows today’s wholesale GBP/AUD mid-market rate beside the rate a bank, broker, or kiosk has quoted you. The result is the gap between the two, as a percentage and an amount, in four tiers: under 0.3%, 0.3–1%, 1–3% and over 3% of the amount. The mid-market rate is the rate banks trade at, not a rate you can transact at directly — providers add their margin on top, and that margin is the gap RateCheck shows.

Who sends money on this route

GBP to AUD carries one of the UK's most established migration routes. Britons moving to Australia bring house-sale proceeds and savings, retirees transfer UK pensions each month, and families support relatives who have emigrated.

UK businesses pay Australian suppliers and staff, parents fund gap-year travel and student exchanges, and property purchasers in Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne settle deposits and balances in Australian dollars.

What moves GBP/AUD

The Bank of England and the Reserve Bank of Australia set the policy rates. Sterling responds to UK inflation, wages and Bank decisions; the Australian dollar responds to iron ore, coal and gas prices, to Chinese demand and to RBA decisions.

The key UK releases are consumer price inflation, the labour market report and the Bank's rate decision. The key Australian releases are the quarterly consumer price index, the monthly labour force survey and the RBA board decision.

GBP/AUD is risk-sensitive through the Australian leg: the Australian dollar tends to fall when global markets are nervous, which lifts the pair.

How to read a quote

GBP/AUD is quoted as Australian dollars per pound, a figure around two. When sending pounds, a customer rate below the mid-market rate delivers fewer Australian dollars, and the gap is the provider's margin.

Retail bank margins on international transfers are commonly a few per cent; specialist providers are often under one per cent. On a pension or house-sale transfer the margin can amount to a sizeable sum, which is why the Australian dollars delivered is the figure to compare.

The RBA’s cash rate target, its next decision date and AUD/USD on recent decision days are on the RBA cash rate page.

Common questions

How far is my GBP/AUD quote from the mid-market rate?+
Compare the rate you've been quoted with the live mid-market GBP/AUD rate — the wholesale rate banks trade at. RateCheck shows the gap as a percentage and an amount, in four tiers: under 0.3%, 0.3–1%, 1–3% and over 3% of the amount.
How much do banks and brokers charge to convert British pound to Australian dollar?+
Retail bank margins on international transfers are commonly a few per cent; specialist providers are often under one per cent. The margin is built into the exchange rate, usually on top of any fixed transfer fee, and is rarely shown separately. RateCheck shows it as the gap between your quote and the mid-market GBP/AUD rate.
Is the mid-market GBP/AUD rate the rate I'll actually get?+
No. The mid-market (interbank) rate is the wholesale reference; providers add their margin on top. It's the rate the gap is measured from, not a rate you can transact at directly.
Why does GBP/AUD move on Chinese news?+
China takes much of Australia's iron ore, coal and gas. Signs of stronger or weaker Chinese demand move commodity prices and the Australian dollar, which shows up in GBP/AUD even when nothing has changed in the UK.
Can a UK pension be paid straight into an Australian account?+
Many UK pension schemes and the state pension can pay to an overseas account, converting at their own or their bank's rate. Some retirees instead have the pension paid in sterling to a UK account and transfer it themselves, so the rate is visible.
Is GBP/AUD priced through the US dollar?+
Mostly. Wholesale trading in both currencies is concentrated against the US dollar, so the cross is derived from GBP/USD and AUD/USD. The mid-market GBP/AUD rate is the ratio of those two legs.

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