| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| AHS | Australian Housing Survey |
| ANZSCO | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ARA | any responsible adult |
| ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
| ASCL | Australian Standard Classification of Languages |
| ASCO | Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| Aust. | Australia |
| CAI | computer assisted interviewing |
| CD | collection district |
| CSV | comma separated value |
| CURF | confidentialised unit record file |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| GSS | General Social Survey |
| GST | goods and services tax |
| no. | number |
| NATSISS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PAL | primary approach letter |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RADL | Remote Access Data Laboratory |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| SA | South Australia |
| SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
| SE | standard error |
| SEIFA | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas |
| SLA | statistical local area |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| THM | Transitional Housing Management |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |