| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ABSCQ | Australian Bureau of Statistics Classification of Qualifications |
| ANZSCO | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| AQF | Australian Qualifications Framework |
| ARIA | Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
| ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| CURF | confidentialised unit record file |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| n.f.d. | not further defined |
| RADL | Remote Access Data Laboratory |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
| SAS | software package for preparing and executing computerised data analysis |
| SE | standard error |
| SPSS | software package for preparing and executing computerised data analysis |
| STATA | software package for preparing and executing computerised data analysis |