| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| ASGS | Australian Statistical Geography Standard |
| CCB | Child Care Benefit |
| CCMS | Child Care Management System |
| CCR | Child Care Rebate (formerly known as Child Care Tax Rebate: CCTR) |
| CD | collection district |
| CEaCS | Childhood Education and Care Survey |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| DEEWR | Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations |
| ECE | Early Childhood Education |
| ECEC | Early Childhood Education and Care |
| ECEC NMDS | Early Childhood Education and Care National Minimum Data Set |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| LDC | long day care |
| METeOR | Metadata Online Registry |
| NIA ECEC | National Information Agreement for Early Childhood Education and Care |
| NIRS | National Information and Referral Service |
| NMDS | National Minimum Data Set |
| NP ECE | National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education |
| NSSC | National Schools Statistics Collection |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RA | Remoteness Area |
| ROGS | Report on Government Services |
| SA | South Australia |
| SA1 | Statistical Area Level 1 |
| SCSEEC | Standing Council on School Education and Early Childhood |
| SEIFA | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas |
| SEIFA IRSD | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas, Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage |
| SLK | Statistical Linkage Key |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| UA | Universal Access |
| URL | unit record level |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |
| YBFS | Year before full-time schooling |
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