ABBREVIATIONS
The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| Aust. | Australia |
| CD | collection district |
| DIAC | Australian Government Department of Immigration and Citizenship |
| DIMA | Australian Government Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs |
| DIMIA | Australian Government Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| LGA | local government area |
| NIM | net interstate migration |
| NOM | net overseas migration |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| OAD | Overseas Arrivals and Departures Collection |
| PES | Census of Population and Housing Post Enumeration Survey |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RBDM | Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| RTO | resident temporarily overseas |
| SA | South Australia |
| SE | standard error |
| SLA | statistical local area |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| TRIPS | Travel and Immigration Processing System |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |