The abbreviations have been used in this publication.
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ASCCSS | Australian Standard Classification of Countries for Social Statistics |
| Aust. | Australia |
| DIMA | Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs |
| DIMIA | Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| n.a. | not available |
| NOM | net overseas migration |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| NZ | New Zealand |
| OAD | Overseas Arrivals and Departures |
| p | preliminary |
| Qld | Queensland |
| SA | South Australia |
| SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
| SAR | Special Administrative Region |
| SD | Statistical Division |
| SSD | Statistical Subdivision |
| SLA | Statistical Local Area |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| TRIPS | Travel and Immigration Processing System |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |
| . . | not applicable |
| - | nil, rounded to zero or less than three (including null cells) |