| '000 | thousand |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ADL | automated data linking |
| ARA | any responsible adult |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| ASGS | Australian Statistical Geography Standard |
| CAI | computer assisted interviewing |
| CARDS | collect, analyse, reduce, de-duplicate and systematise |
| CD | collection district |
| CLW | collector workload |
| DLR | dwelling link rating |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| FEBRL | Freely Extensible Biomedical Record Linking |
| ICF | Indigenous Community Frame |
| MSS | Match and Search System |
| NPD | non-private dwelling |
| PAPI | pen-and-paper interview |
| PD | private dwelling |
| PES | Census Post Enumeration Survey |
| PLR | person link rating |
| PREG | prediction regression |
| QA | quality assurance |
| SA1 | Statistical Area Level 1 |
| SA2 | Statistical Area Level 2 |
| SE | standard error |