| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| AIGC | Australian Indigenous Geographical Classification |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| ANZSCO | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| ANZSIC06 | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification, 2006 Edition |
| ANZSIC93 | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification, 1993 Edition |
| ARIA | Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
| ASCCEG | Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups |
| ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
| ASCL | Australian Standard Classification of Languages |
| ASCO | Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ASCRG | Australian Standard Classification of Religious Groups |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| cat. no. | Catalogue number |
| CD | collection district |
| CDEP | Community Development Employment Projects |
| CPI | consumer price index |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| GIS | geographic information system |
| IES | Indigenous Enumeration Strategy |
| IHF | interviewer household form |
| IHO | Indigenous housing organisation |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| nec | not elsewhere classified |
| nfd | not further defined |
| no. | number |
| NATSIHS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey |
| NATSISS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OT | Other Territories |
| PES | Census of Population and Housing Post-Enumeration Survey |
| Qld | Queensland |
| SA | South Australia |
| SDAC | Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers |
| SIH | Survey of Income and Housing |
| SLA | statistical local area |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| TAFE | Technical and Further Education |
| UC/L | Urban Centre/Locality |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |