Number of digits in Skype number?

I'd like to make a number for Australia.
I'm just wondering how many digits are in a Skype number? And what numbers is the Skype number likely to start with?
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H, Ozzibiker, and welcome to the Community,
Such is the life of an on-line Community; sometimes people receive answers almost immediately, whilst others wait days for someone to happen by.  Remember, the Community is not officialy a branch of Skype Customer Service as noted in the Community Guidelines
The answer to your enquiry is, it depends.  What depends is the country you are calling and what their numbering conventions are.   Check this Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_calling_codes
Further, whether the Skype Number is a "local number" or not depends upon from where the person is located who is calling the Skype Number, which is a fixed line number.  Ideally, you would take a Skype Number subscription nearest to where most of the people who would be calling it would incur no or as little in the way of toll charges as possible.  Of note, for various reasons, Skype Numbers are not available everywhere and for some countries, not at all.
I copied and pasted the information, below, from this website:
http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/our-country/telephone-country-and-area-codes
Country code
The Australian country code is 61. When calling from outside Australia, leave out the leading '0' from the STD area code or from the mobile telephone number.
For example, if you are calling Canberra from outside Australia, first dial your country's international access number, then dial 61, then dial 2, then dial the local phone number.
Area codes
Australia uses 8-digit local phone numbers preceded by a 2-digit STD area code.
02 Central east region (New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory)
03 South east region (Victoria, Tasmania)
04 Mobile telephones (Australia-wide)
07 North east region (Queensland)
08 Central and west region (Western Australia, South Australia and Northern Territory)
Parts of regional New South Wales may also use the 08 and 03 area codes. Parts of regional Victoria may use the 02 area code
For example, if you are calling Canberra from interstate, first dial the STD area code 02, then dial the local phone number.
Hope this helps!
Kind regards,
Elaine
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