| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ASCCSS | Australian Standard Classification of Countries for Social Statistics |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| Aust. | Australia |
| DIAC | Australian Government Department of Immigration and Citizenship |
| DIMA | Australian Government Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| LTRD | long-term resident departure |
| LTRR | long-term resident return |
| LTVA | long-term visitor arrival |
| LTVD | long-term visitor departure |
| NIM | net interstate migration |
| NOM | net overseas migration |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| NZ | New Zealand |
| OAD | overseas arrivals and departures |
| PA | permanent arrival |
| PD | permanent departure |
| Qld | Queensland |
| SA | South Australia |
| SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
| SAR | Special Administrative Region |
| SD | statistical division |
| SLA | statistical local area |
| SSD | statistical subdivision |
| STRD | short-term resident departure |
| STRR | short-term resident return |
| STVA | short-term visitor arrival |
| STVD | short-term visitor departure |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| TRIPS | Travel and Immigration Processing System |
| UK, CIs & IOM | United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man |
| USA | United States of America |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |