| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ANZSCO | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| ARA | any responsible adult |
| ARIA | Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
| ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
| ASCL | Australian Standard Classification of Languages |
| ASCO | Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| CAI | computer assisted interviewing |
| CD | collection district |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| CURF | confidentialised unit record file |
| DEECD | Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development |
| K5 | Kessler Psychological Distress Scale - modified five-item version |
| NATSIS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey |
| NATSISS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RADL | Remote Access Data Laboratory |
| SA | South Australia |
| SE | standard error |
| SEIFA | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |