| AATSIHS | Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ALS | Aboriginal Legal Service |
| AMS | Aboriginal Medical Service |
| ANZSCO | Australian and New Zealand Industrial Classification of Occupations |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Industrial Classification |
| ARA | Any responsible adult |
| ARIA | Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
| ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
| ASGS | Australian Statistical Geographical Standard |
| CAI | Computer-assisted interviewing |
| CASI | Computer-assisted self interview |
| cat. no. | Catalogue number |
| CDEP | Community Development Employment Projects |
| CURF | Confidentialised unit record file |
| DES | Disability Employment Services |
| DVA | Department of Veterans' Affairs |
| ERP | Estimated resident population |
| GP | General practitioner |
| GSS | General Social Survey |
| GSSNI | General Social Survey non-Indigenous |
IAS
IEP
JSA | Indigenous Advancement Strategy
Indigenous Employment Program
Job Services Australia |
| K10 | Kessler Psychological Distress Scale |
| K5 | Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (modified five-item version) |
| MoE | Margin of Error |
| MPS | Monthly Population Survey |
| NAIDOC | National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee |
| NATSIHS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey |
| NATSIS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey |
| NATSISS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey |
| NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| NHS | National Health Survey |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OMIE | Owner manager of incorporated enterprise |
| OMUE | Owner manager of unincorporated enterprise |
| PES | Post Enumeration Survey |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RADL | Remote Access Data Laboratory |
| RJCP | Remote Jobs and Communities Program |
| RSE | Relative standard error |
| SA1 | Statistical Area 1 |
| SA2 | Statistical Area 2 |
| SE | Standard error |
| SEIFA | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas |
| SF-36 | Medical Outcome Short Form Health Survey |
| TAFE | Technical and Further Education |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |