| $ | dollars |
| $'000 | thousand dollars |
| km˛ | square kilometre |
| no. | number |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| AC | Automatic coding |
| ACAT | Aged Care Assessment Team |
| ACCMIS | Aged Care and Community Care Management Information System |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| ANCO | Australian National Classification of Offences |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
| ASCL | Australian Standard Classification of Languages |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| AVO | Apprehended Violence Order |
| BAPS | Building Approvals collection |
| BOCSAR | Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research |
| CAC | computer assisted coding |
| CACP | Community Aged Care Package |
| CAI | computer assisted interviewing |
| CD | Collection District |
| COPS | Computerised Operational Policing System |
| DEST | Department of Education, Science and Training |
| DET | NSW Department of Education and Training |
| DoHA | Department of Health and Ageing |
| DPC | Data Processing Centre |
| DRIVES | Driver and Vehicle System |
| ERP | Estimated Resident Population |
| FTE | full-time equivalent |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| LGA | Local Government Area |
| MERLIN | Management of Expenditure and Resident Linked Information System |
| MIS | Management Information System |
| NSSC | National Schools Statistics Collection |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| PES | Post-Enumeration Survey |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| RTA | NSW Roads and Traffic Authority |
| SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
| SD | Statistical Division |
| SDR | Standardised Death Rate |
| SLA | Statistical Local Area |
| SPARC | System for the Payment of Residential Aged Care |
| SSD | Statistical Subdivision |
| SSP | Schools for Specific Purposes |
| STA | Survey of Tourist Accommodation |