| $ | Dollars |
| '000 | Thousand |
| A | Area |
| ABARES | Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences |
| ABN | Australian Business Number |
| ABR | Australian Business Register |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ABSBR | Australian Bureau of Statistics Business Register |
| AC | Aboriginal Council |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| AFSA | Australian Financial Security Authority |
| ANZSCO | Australia and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| 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 |
| ASGS | Australian Statistical Geography Standard |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| Aust. | Australia |
| B | Borough |
| BAS | Business Activity Statement |
| BIT | Business Income Tax |
| C | City |
| CAPAD | Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database |
| CER | Clean Energy Regulator |
| CGC | Community Government Council |
| DAWE | Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment |
| DBR | Data by Region |
| DC | District Council |
| DISER | Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources |
| DSP | Disability Support Pension |
| DSS | Department of Social Services |
| DVA | Department of Veterans' Affairs |
| ERP | Estimated resident population |
| EVAO | Estimated value of agricultural output |
| excl | excluding |
| FTB | Family Tax Benefit |
| GCCSA | Greater Capital City Statistical Area |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| ha | hectare |
| HELP | Higher Education Loan Program |
| IC | Island Council |
| IEO | Index of Education and Occupation |
| IER | Index of Economic Resources |
| IHAD | Index of Household Advantage and Disadvantage |
| inc | including |
| IPA | Intellectual Property Australia |
| IRSAD | Index of Relative Socio-Economic Advantage and Disadvantage |
| IRSD | Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage |
| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
| K10 | Kessler Psychological Distress Scale-10 |
| km | kilometre |
| km2 | square kilometre |
| LGA | Local Government Area |
| LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
| LVG | Land Valuer General |
| m | million |
| M | Municipality |
| ML | Megalitre |
| mmHg | millimetre of mercury |
| NATSIHS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey |
| NATSISS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey |
| no. | number |
| NOM | Net Overseas Migration |
| NRP | National Regional Profile |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OT | Other Territories |
| PAYG | Pay As You Go |
| PHIDU | Public Health Information Development Unit |
| PLA | Protected Land Areas |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RC | Rural City |
| RegC | Regional Council |
| RET | Renewable Energy Target |
| RIME | Regional Internal Migration Estimates |
| ROME | Regional Overseas Migration Estimates |
| RRMSE | Relative root mean square error |
| RSE | Relative standard error |
| RTO | Residents Temporarily Overseas |
| S | Shire |
| SA | South Australia |
| SA1 | Statistical Area Level 1 |
| SA2 | Statistical Area Level 2 |
| SA3 | Statistical Area Level 3 |
| SA4 | Statistical Area Level 4 |
| SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
| SDAC | Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers |
| SE | Standard error |
| SEIFA | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas |
| SRES | Small-Scale Renewable Energy Scheme |
| STA | Survey of Tourist Accommodation |
| STC | Small-scale Technology Certificate |
| T | Town |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |