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Best family mobile plan bundles in Australia: pool your data and cut your monthly phone costs

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Most parents will be very familiar with how expensive mobile phone plans can be, especially when accounting for a whole family. While individual phone bills may seem affordable at face value, the cumulative cost can place a significant strain on the typical Aussie household's budget.

Luckily, some Aussie telcos offer family mobile plans that will help ease that financial burden. Bringing your family's mobile plans under a single account is a simple, effective way to reduce household phone costs, and the best family mobile plan bundles in Australia offer more than just cheaper monthly bills — they also provide you with a shared pool of data and make account management much easier for parents.

Best family mobile plans: Optus

Families of at least four people should take note of the Optus Family Mobile Plan, which offers four SIMs for AU$165 p/m and includes a shared monthly data pool of 320GB. That works out to AU$41.25 per SIM and 80GB for each person every month.

Need more SIMs? Optus allows you to add up to four extras, making a total of eight, at AU$29 p/m each. The catch is that they all share the same 320GB of monthly data, so the value decreases as you add more. For instance, with eight SIMs, you’d be spending AU$281 p/m (about AU$35 per SIM) for 40GB of data per person.

Still, it's unlikely that every member of the family will burn through 40GB of data each month, meaning lighter data users will effectively balance out those who use more — by this, we mean that each SIM isn't allocated 40GB each, but rather they all draw from the same pool. The Family Mobile Plan includes 5G network access, along with unlimited talk and text to standard Australian numbers (13/1300 numbers included).

The plan also includes a subscription to the McAfee Safe Family App (valued at AU$8.99 p/m) at no additional cost, allowing parents to monitor their kids' device activity, set screen time limits and cut off times, and even receive location alerts.

Optus Family Mobile Plan: AU$165 p/m for 4 SIMs | 320GB data pool p/m | AU$29 p/m per additional SIM (up to 4)

Optus Family Mobile Plan: AU$165 p/m for 4 SIMs | 320GB data pool p/m | AU$29 p/m per additional SIM (up to 4)

Optus' Family Mobile Plan provides four SIMs for AU$165 p/m with a shared 320GB data pool, working out to AU$41.25 and 80GB per person. You also have the option of adding up to four additional SIMs for AU$29 each, maxing out at AU$281 p/m, though you'll all be sharing the same 320GB data allocation. Despite this, it's still a great option for larger families.

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Best family mobile plans: Vodafone

Vodafone doesn't offer a traditional family plan. However, the telco does allow you to bundle up to four plans under one account to receive stacking discounts for each additional plan.

For instance, bundling a second plan on your account will get you a AU$5 discount on your monthly bill, bundling a third plan will get you an additional AU$15 off for a total monthly discount of AU$20, while bundling a fourth plan will get you another AU$15 off, resulting in a AU$35 discount on your monthly total.

Vodafone: Bundle multiple plans under one account for tiered monthly savings of AU$5-AU$35

Vodafone: Bundle multiple plans under one account for tiered monthly savings of AU$5-AU$35

Although Vodafone doesn't offer a traditional family plan, its Bundle and Save program can score you significant savings when you bundle multiple plans under one account. You'll get a AU$5 discount for two plans, a AU$20 discount for three plans, and a maximum discount of AU$35 for four plans.

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Best family mobile plans: Yomojo

While Yomojo doesn't offer a specific family plan with a shared data pool, the telco does provide increasing discounts on your total monthly bill for each additional prepaid plan you bundle, topping out at six plans.

Two plans will save you 5%, three plans will save you 7.5%, four plans will save 10%, five plans will save you 12.5% and six plans will get you a maximum discount of 15% on your total monthly bill.

Each user has the option of choosing from one of Yomojo's four prepaid plans, starting with the Starter 29GB plan, followed by the Essential 42GB plan, the Pro 105GB and the Ultra 220GB plans. All four prepaid plans are capped at 150Mbps and operate on the Optus 4G network.

Yomojo family bundles: increasing discounts for each additional plan (6 plans maximum) | 5-15% discount

Yomojo family bundles: increasing discounts for each additional plan (6 plans maximum) | 5-15% discount

Rather than a shared-data family plan, Yomojo provides a multi-service discount that scales from 5% for two plans up to 15% for six plans on a single monthly bill. Customers can choose from four different Yomojo prepaid plans with a 30-day expiry, ranging from 29GB to 220GB with speeds capped at 150Mbps.

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Best family mobile plans: Aldi Mobile

Aldi Mobile offers three separate family plans, each one catered to a certain number of services and providing varying amounts of data and some slight variations to their international inclusions.

The first option is the $55 5G Family Plan, which provides 50GB of shared data for two services, on a 30-day expiry period. That works out to 25GB and AU$27.50 per service.

Next, is the $95 5G Family Plan, which comes with a 100GB shared data pool for up to four services on a 30-day expiry period, which breaks down to 25GB and AU$23.75 per person, making it the best option from a value-standpoint.

At top end of Aldi Mobile's family bundle offerings is the $125 5G Family Plan, which gives you 150GB to share with up to six services on a 30-day expiry period, working out to 25GB and AU$25.33 per person.

Each plan operates on the Telstra Wholesale Mobile Network, and includes 5G access, rollover data to share, unlimited standard calls and texts and unlimited international calls and text to 20 select countries, along with limited access to an additional 30 countries.

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Aldi Mobile Family Plans: from AU$55-AU$125 per 30 days for 2-6 SIMs | 50GB-150GB data pool per 30 days

Aldi Mobile's family plans start at AU$55, providing 50GB for two services, and top out with a AU$125 plan that delivers 150GB for up to six services. However, the best value is reserved for the AU$95 plan, which works out to AU$23.75 per person for up to four services. Regardless of which plan you go for, each user gets a 30-day expiry period and an average of 25GB to play with.

Stephen Lambrechts
Stephen Lambrechts

Stephen Lambrechts is the Managing Editor of Tom's Guide AU and has written professionally across the categories of tech, film, television and gaming for the last 15 years. Before Tom's Guide, he spent several years as a Senior Journalist at TechRadar, had a brief stint as Editor in Chief at Official Xbox Magazine Australia, and has written for such publications as APC, TechLife Australia, T3, FilmInk, AskMen, Daily Telegraph and IGN. He's an expert when it comes to smartphones, TVs, gaming and streaming. In his spare time, he enjoys watching obscure horror movies on physical media, keeping an eye on the latest retro sneaker releases and listening to vinyl. Occasionally, he also indulges in other non-hipster stuff, like hiking.

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