The following abbreviations have been used in this publication
| $m | million dollars |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ASNA | Australian System of National Accounts |
| Aust. | Australia |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| DVA | Australian Government Department of Veterans Affairs |
| FaCS | Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| MPS | Monthly Population Survey |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PSI | principal source of income |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| SA | South Australia |
| SE | standard error |
| SIH | Survey of Income and Housing |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |