| '000 | thousand |
| $b | billion (thousand million) dollars |
| $m | million dollars |
| A | Area |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ABSBR | Australian Bureau of Statistics Business Register |
| ACR | Australian Capital Region |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ACTION | Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network |
| ACTPS | Australian Capital Territory Public Service |
| AFP | Australian Federal Police |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| ALP | Australian Labor Party |
| ANU | Australian National University |
| ANZAC | Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
| ANZSCO | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
| Aust. | Australia |
| AWOTE | average weekly ordinary time earnings |
| C | City |
| CPI | consumer price index |
| CRB | collector record book |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| FaCSIA | Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
| FHOG | First Home Owner Grant |
| FTE | full-time equivalent |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GFCE | government final consumption expenditure |
| GFS | Government Finance Statistics |
| GHDI | gross household disposable income |
| GL | gigalitre |
| GSP | gross state product |
| ha | hectare |
| HACC | Home and Community Care, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| HFCE | household final consumption expenditure |
| HIC | Health Insurance Commission |
| ITSA | Australian Government Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia |
| kL | kilolitre |
| km | kilometre |
| km2 | square kilometre |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| LGA | local government area |
| LMWQCC | Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre |
| m | metre |
| m2 | square metre |
| mL | millilitre |
| mm | millimetre |
| ML | megalitre |
| MLA | Member of the Legislative Assembly |
| MPHS | Multi-Purpose Household Survey |
| n.i.e. | not included elsewhere |
| no. | number |
| NCDC | National Capital Development Commission |
| NOB | net operating balance |
| NOM | net overseas migration |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| OCYFS | Office for Children, Youth and Family Support (ACT Government Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services |
| Qld | Queensland |
| REIA | Real Estate Institute of Australia |
| ROGS | Report on Government Services |
| SA | South Australia |
| SAAP | Supported Accommodation Assistance Program |
| SD | statistical division |
| SDR | standardised death rate |
| SEE | Survey of Employment and Earnings |
| SFD | state final demand |
| SLA | statistical local area |
| SSD | statistical subdivision |
| t | tonne |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| TAMS | ACT Department of Territory and Municipal Services |
| TFI | total factor income |
| TFR | total fertility rate |
| TR | Tourism Region |
| VET | vocational education and training |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |
| °C | degrees Celsius |