| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ASNA | Australian System of National Accounts |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| Aust. | Australia |
| CCB | Child Care Benefit |
| CCR | Child Care Rebate (formerly known as Child Care Tax Rebate: CCTR) |
| CD | collection district |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| CRB | collector record book |
| CURF | confidentialised unit record file |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| FISIM | financial intermediation services indirectly measured |
| GFC | global financial crisis |
| GFS | Government Finance Statistics |
| GMI | gross mixed income |
| GOS | gross operating surplus |
| GST | goods and services tax |
| HECS | Higher Education Contribution Scheme |
| HES | Household Expenditure Survey |
| MSI | main source of income |
| NPISH | non-profit institutions serving households |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PHIR | Private Health Insurance Rebate |
| Qld | Queensland |
| ROGS | Report on Government Services |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| SA | South Australia |
| SE | standard error |
| SFSS | Student Financial Supplement Scheme |
| SIH | Survey of Income and Housing |
| STIK | social transfers in kind |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |