Australia Yearbook - 2001

x Year Book Australia 2001
ever-changing nature of the nation. For this
reason comments on the adequacy and balance
of the contents of the Year Book are welcomed
and should be directed to the attention of the
Editor of the Year Book, Australian Bureau of
Statistics, PO Box 10, Belconnen ACT 2616.
Symbols and abbreviations
The following symbols, where shown in columns
of figures or elsewhere in tables, mean:
n.a.
not available
The following abbreviations are used for the titles
of the Australian States and Territories and
Australia:
NSW
Vic.
Qld
WA
SA
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
Western Australia
South Australia
n.y.a
not yet available
Tas.
Tasmania
– nil or rounded to zero (including null
cells)
. . not applicable
n.p.
p
r
n.e.i.
n.e.c.
n.e.s.
not available for separate publication (but
included in totals where applicable)
preliminary—figures or series subject to
revision
figures or series revised since previous
issue
not elsewhere included
not elsewhere classified
not elsewhere specified
— break in continuity of series (where
drawn across a column between two
consecutive figures)
* subject to high standard errors and
should be used with caution
** subject to sampling variability too high for
practical purposes (i.e. relative standard
error greater than 50%)
NT
ACT
Aust.
Northern Territory
Australian Capital Territory
Australia
Yearly periods shown, for example, as 1999, refer
to the year ended 31 December 1999; those
shown, for example, as 1999–00 or 1999–2000,
refer to the year ended 30 June 2000. Other
yearly periods are specifically indicated. The
range of years shown in the table headings, for
example, 1901 to 1998–99, indicates the period
covered, but does not necessarily imply that each
intervening year is included or that the yearly
period has remained the same throughout the
series.
Values are shown in Australian dollars ($) or cents
(c) unless another currency is specified.
Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies
may occur between sums of the component
items and totals.
~ approximately
$m $ million
$b $ billion (thousand million)