Does Australia Use Inches or Centimeters?

Does Australia use cm or inches? Australia uses the metric system for most quantities: The modern form of the metric system is the International System of Units (SI). Australia also uses some non-SI legal units of measurement, which are listed in Schedules 1 and 2 of the National Measurement Regulations.

Does Australia measure in inches?

Height measurements in the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand

The US and the UK both measure height in feet and inches so a woman giving her height as 5ft 6' in those countries would say they were around 168 centimetres in Australia or New Zealand.

Do Australians measure in cm?

Between 1960 and 1988 Australia adopted the SI units. In 1970 the Australian parliament passed the metric conversion act, and the Australian building trades made it the standard in 1974. (Note that to avoid confusion builders do not use centimetres, but rather record lengths in millimetres or in metres.)