| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ABSCQ | Australian Bureau of Statistics Classification of Qualifications |
| ANZSCO | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
| CURF | confidentialised unit record file |
| IRSD | Index of relative socio-economic disadvantage |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| ISCO | International Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| MoE | Margin of Error |
| n.f.d. | not further defined |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| SA1 | Statistical Area Level 1 |
| SA2 | Statistical Area Level 2 |
| SA4 | Statistical Area Level 4 |
| SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
| SE | standard error |
| SEIFA | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas |
| SEW | Survey of Education and Work |
| TAFE | Technical and Further Education |
| VET | Vocational Education and Training |