Hallway, entry or internal circulation

50-150 lx

Living room ambient

100-200 lx

Bedroom ambient

100-200 lx

Dining table or casual reading area

150-300 lx

Kitchen general floor area

200-300 lx

Kitchen bench, island or food preparation

300-500 lx

Bathroom vanity or grooming

300-500 lx

Laundry or utility bench

200-400 lx

Home office or study desk

300-500 lx

Garage parking and storage

100-200 lx

Workshop bench or detailed hobby task

500-750 lx

Office desks or shared work area

300-500 lx

Reception, waiting or foyer area

100-300 lx

Storage aisle or warehouse picking

100-300 lx

Table PDFAustralian Lux Level Planning Table

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Application	Conservative planning range	Measured plane	Practical fit	Verify before relying on it
Hallway, entry or internal circulation	50-150 lx	Floor route at the normal walking path.	Movement, orientation and short-stay spaces.	Step changes, door shadows, night use and separate emergency-lighting scope.
Living room ambient	100-200 lx	General occupied zone or coffee-table height.	Relaxed sitting, television and background lighting.	Reading chairs, artwork, screen glare and dimming range.
Bedroom ambient	100-200 lx	Bedside, floor area or robe approach.	General dressing and low-contrast movement.	Wardrobe interiors, bedside reading and control positions.
Dining table or casual reading area	150-300 lx	Tabletop or book plane.	Meals, schoolwork, hobbies and printed material.	Pendant height, shadows on the table and glare to seated eyes.
Kitchen general floor area	200-300 lx	Floor or broad benchtop zone.	Safe movement and background light between task zones.	Bench-specific lighting, cabinet shadows and vertical faces.
Kitchen bench, island or food preparation	300-500 lx	Horizontal benchtop.	Cutting, measuring, cooking and clean-up tasks.	Under-cabinet shadows, glossy surfaces, CRI and task-zone uniformity.
Bathroom vanity or grooming	300-500 lx	Face-height vertical plane and vanity top.	Shaving, make-up, grooming and mirror work.	IP location rules, vertical illumination, shadowing and mirror glare.
Laundry or utility bench	200-400 lx	Bench, sink or appliance work plane.	Sorting, cleaning, labels and utility tasks.	Task shadows, wet-area proximity and surface reflectance.
Home office or study desk	300-500 lx	Desktop and paper task plane.	Screen-based work, writing and document reading.	Screen glare, monitor contrast, daylight direction and adjustable task light.
Garage parking and storage	100-200 lx	Floor, shelving fronts and vehicle bay.	Parking, storage access and general movement.	Obstructions, dark finishes, door-open daylight and task bench zones.
Workshop bench or detailed hobby task	500-750 lx	Bench top at the work position.	Small parts, measuring, repair and detailed hand work.	Local task light, shadows from tools, colour rendering and eye-level glare.
Office desks or shared work area	300-500 lx	Desk plane across the assessed work zone.	General desk work, meetings and paper tasks.	Current brief, AS/NZS 1680 part, screen glare and measured maintained lux.
Reception, waiting or foyer area	100-300 lx	Floor route, counter and vertical surfaces.	Arrival, wayfinding and short-duration reading.	Counter task lighting, contrast at steps, signage and vertical brightness.
Storage aisle or warehouse picking	100-300 lx	Floor route, shelf face or picking bench.	Movement, labels and simple handling tasks.	Racking shadows, vertical illuminance, forklift paths and workplace checks.

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