The following abbreviations and symbols are used in this publication.
ABCB | Australian Building Codes Board |
ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
AES | Attitudes to the Environment Survey |
ARIA | Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
ASGC | Australian Statistical Geographical Classification |
ASGS | Australian Statistical Geography Standard |
Aust. | Australia |
BSRED | Business Survey of Residential Electricity Distribution |
CAI | computer assisted interviewing |
CCB | Child Care Benefit |
CCR | Child Care Rebate |
CD | collection district |
CD-ROM | compact disc read-only memory |
CEA | Clean Energy Advance |
CNOS | Canadian National Occupancy Standard |
CPI | Consumer Price Index |
CRA | Commonwealth Rent Assistance |
CURF | confidentialised unit record file |
DVA | Australian Government Department of Veterans Affairs |
ERP | estimated resident population |
ETR | Education Tax Refund |
EUCS | Energy Use and Conservation Survey |
FTB | Family Tax Benefit |
GST | goods and services tax |
HECS | Household Energy Consumption Survey |
HELP | Higher Education Loan Program |
HES | Household Expenditure Survey |
HH | household |
IU | income unit |
kWh | kilowatt hours |
kW | kilowatt |
LPG | liquefied petroleum gas |
MJ | megajoule |
MPS | Monthly Population Survey |
NSW | New South Wales |
NMI | National Meter Identifier |
NT | Northern Territory |
PAL | primary approach letter |
PPL | Paid Parental Leave |
Qld | Queensland |
RADL | Remote Access Data Laboratory |
RSE | relative standard error |
SA | South Australia |
SA1 | statistical area level 1 |
SA2 | statistical area level 2 |
SA3 | statistical area level 3 |
SA4 | statistical area level 4 |
SE | standard error |
SEIFA | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas |
SFSS | Student Financial Supplement Scheme |
SIH | Survey of Income and Housing |
Tas. | Tasmania |
Vic. | Victoria |
WA | Western Australia |