| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| ARIA | Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
| ASGC | Australian Statistical Geography Standard |
| ASGS | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| CCB | Child Care Benefit |
| CCMS | Child Care Management System |
| CCR | Child Care Rebate (formerly known as Child Care Tax Rebate: CCTR) |
| CD | Collection District |
| CSWG | Children’s Services Working Group |
| DOB | Date of birth |
| ECE | Early childhood education |
| ECEC | Early childhood education and care |
| ERP | Estimated Resident Population |
| IRSD | Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage |
| LDC | Long day care |
| MB | Mesh Block |
| METeOR | Metadata Online Registry |
| NMDS | National Minimum Data Set |
| NP ECE | National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education |
| NSSC | National Schools Statistics Collection |
| ROGS | Report on Government Services |
| SA1 | Statistical Area Level 1 |
| SEIFA | Socio-economic Indexes for Areas |
| SLK | Statistical Linkage Key |
| UA | Universal Access |
| URL | Unit record level |
| YBFS | Year before full-time schooling |