| AATSIHS | Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| AHS | Australian Health Survey |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| ANZSCO | Australian and New Zealand Industrial Classification of Occupations |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Industrial Classification |
| ARIA | Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
| ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
| ASCL | Australian Standard Classification of Languages |
| ASGS | Australian Standard Geographical Standard |
| CAI | Computer assisted interviewing |
| cat. no. | Catalogue number |
| CDEP | Community Development Employment Projects |
| CDP | Community Development Programme |
| CIF | Community Information Form |
| CURF | Confidentialised unit record file |
| ERP | Estimated resident population |
| FAS | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
| FSANZ | Food Standards Australia and New Zealand |
| GSS | General Social Survey |
IAS
JSA | Indigenous Advancement Strategy
Job Services Australia |
| K10 | Kessler Psychological Distress Scale |
| K5 | Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (modified five-item version) |
| MoE | Margin of Error |
| NAIDOC | National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee |
| NATSIHMS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Measures Survey |
| NATSIHS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey |
| NATSINPAS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey |
| NATSIS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey |
| NATSISS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey |
| NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| NHS | National Health Survey |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| PES | Post Enumeration Survey |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RADL | Remote Access Data Laboratory |
| RJCP | Remote Jobs and Communities Program |
| RSE | Relative standard error |
| SA1 | Statistical Area 1 |
| SDAC | Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers |
| SE | Standard error |
| SEIFA | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas |
| SEW | Survey of Education and Work |
| SF-36 | Medical Outcome Short Form Health Survey |
| SIDS | Sudden Infant Death Syndrome |
| SIH | Survey of Income and Housing |
| TAFE | Technical and Further Education |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |