| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| ATSI | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
| Aus | Australia |
| CNOS | Canadian National Occupancy Standard |
| CSA | Census and Statistics Act 19050 |
| ETHOS | European Typology of Homelessness and Housing Exclusion |
| FaCSIA | Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
| GSS | General Social Survey |
| IRSD | Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage |
| NSO | National Statistical Office |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| PES | Post Enumeration Survey |
| PSS | Personal Safety Survey |
| PTA | Persons Temporarily Absent |
| Qld | Queensland |
| SA | South Australia |
| SAAP | Supported Accommodation Assistance Program |
| SLCD | Statistical Longitudinal Census Dataset |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| THM | Transitional Housing Management |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |