| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| CCB | Child Care Benefit |
| CCMS | Child Care Management System |
| CCR | Child Care Rebate (formerly known as Child Care Tax Rebate: CCTR) |
| CD | Collection District |
| CEaCS | Childhood Education and Care Survey |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| DEEWR | Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations |
| ECE | Early childhood education |
| ECEC | Early childhood education and care |
| IRSD | Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage |
| LDC | Long day care |
| MCEECDYA | Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs |
| METeOR | Metadata Online Registry |
| NIA ECEC | National Information Agreement on Early Childhood Education and Care |
| NMDS | National Minimum Data Set |
| NP ECE | National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education |
| NSSC | National Schools Statistics Collection |
| ROGS | Report on Government Services |
| SEIFA | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas |
| SLK | Statistical Linkage Key |
| UA | Universal Access |
| URL | Unit Record Level |
| YBFS | Year before full-time schooling |