| $ | dollars |
| '000 | thousand |
| m | million |
| A | Area |
| ABN | Australian Business Number |
| ABR | Australian Business Register |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ABSBR | Australian Bureau of Statistics Business Register |
| AC | Aboriginal council |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| ANZSCO | Australia and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ARIA | Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
| ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
| ASCL | Australian Standard Classification of Languages |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| ASCO | Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| Aust. | Australia |
| B | borough |
| Bal | Balance |
| BARE | Broad Area Ratio Estimate |
| BITRE | Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics |
| C | City |
| CGC | Community Government Council |
| DC | District Council |
| DEEWR | Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations |
| DSP | Disability Support Pension |
| DVA | Department of Veterans' Affairs |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| FaHCSIA | Department of Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
| GISCA | National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems |
| ha | hectare |
| IC | Island council |
| ISDN | integrated service digital network |
| kL | kilolitre |
| km | kilometre |
| km2 | square kilometre |
| LGA | local government area |
| M | Municipality/Municipal Council |
| ML | Megalitre |
| no. | number |
| NRP | National Regional Profile |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| PAYG | Pay As You Go |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RA | Remoteness Area |
| RegC | Regional Council |
| RC | Rural City |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| S | Shire |
| SA | South Australia |
| SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
| SD | statistical division |
| SE | standard error |
| SIH | Survey of Income and Housing |
| SLA | statistical local area |
| SOS | Section of State |
| SPREE | Structure Preserving Estimation |
| SSD | statistical subdivision |
| T | Town |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| Unincorp. | Unincorporated |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |