2023 region enrolments

Students are studying their HSC courses in schools throughout NSW, and even at some schools overseas. View the number of students at schools in each region for the 2023 HSC cohort.

About the statistics

In 2023, 76,839 students were enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses.

Use the dropdowns to view how many students were enrolled in one or more HSC courses throughout the regions of NSW in 2023.

The regions are based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics statistical area 4.

You can find more data on enrolments by viewing 2023 HSC course enrolments.

This data is taken from 1 September 2023.

Capital Region
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Goulburn–Mulwaree
  • Queanbeyan
  • Snowy Mountains
  • South Coast
  • Young–Yass
1,298
Central Coast
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Gosford
  • Wyong
2,754
Central West
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bathurst
  • Lachlan Valley
  • Lithgow–Mudgee
  • Orange
1,817
Coffs Harbour–Grafton
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Clarence Valley
  • Coffs Harbour
1,160
Far West and Orana
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bourke–Cobar–Coonamble
  • Broken Hill and Far West
  • Dubbo
755
Hunter Valley (excluding Newcastle)
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Lower Hunter
  • Maitland
    Port Stephens
  • Upper Hunter
1,801
Illawarra
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Dapto–Port Kembla
  • Kiama–Shellharbour
  • Wollongong
2,559
Mid North Coast
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Great Lakes
  • Kempsey–Nambucca
  • Port Macquarie
  • Taree–Gloucester
1,609
Murray
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Albury
  • Lower Murray
  • Upper Murray (excluding Albury)
949
New England and North West
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Armidale
  • Inverell–Tenterfield
  • Moree–Narrabri
  • Tamworth–Gunnedah
1,480
Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Lake Macquarie–East
  • Lake Macquarie–West
  • Newcastle
3,717
Richmond–Tweed
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Richmond Valley–Coastal
  • Richmond Valley–Hinterland
  • Tweed Valley
2,366
Riverina
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Griffith–Murrumbidgee (West)
  • Tumut–Tumbarumba
  • Wagga Wagga
1,288
Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Shoalhaven
  • Southern Highlands
1,099
Sydney

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Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Baulkham Hills
  • Dural–Wisemans Ferry
  • Hawkesbury
  • Rouse Hill–McGraths Hill
3,452

Blacktown 

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Blacktown
  • Blacktown–North
    Mount Druitt
3,869

City and Inner South

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Botany
  • Marrickville–Sydenham–Petersham
  • Sydney Inner City
2,948

Eastern Suburbs

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Eastern Suburbs–North
  • Eastern Suburbs–South
3,168

Inner South West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bankstown
  • Canterbury
  • Hurstville
  • Kogarah–Rockdale
4,497

Inner West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Canada Bay
  • Strathfield–Burwood–Ashfield
3,012

North Sydney and Hornsby

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Chatswood–Lane Cove
  • Hornsby
  • Ku-ring-gai
  • North Sydney–Mosman
6,667

Northern Beaches 

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Manly
  • Pittwater
  • Warringah
2,761

Outer South West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Camden
  • Campbelltown (NSW)
  • Wollondilly
2,723

Outer West and Blue Mountains

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Blue Mountains
  • Penrith
  • Richmond–Windsor
  • St Marys
3,292

Parramatta

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Auburn
  • Carlingford
  • Merrylands–Guildford
  • Parramatta
4,956

Ryde

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Pennant Hills–Epping
  • Ryde–Hunters Hill
2,104

South West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bringelly–Green Valley
  • Fairfield
  • Liverpool
5,880

Sutherland

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Cronulla–Miranda–Caringbah
  • Sutherland–Menai–Heathcote
2,575
Outside NSW
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
All areas outside NSW283
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