2020 region enrolments

Students are studying their HSC courses in schools throughout NSW, and even at some schools overseas. View the number of the number of students at schools in each region for the 2020 HSC cohort.

About the statistics

In 2020, 76,310 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 2020.

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

You can find more data on enrolments by viewing 2020 HSC course enrolments.

This data is taken from 1 September 2020.

Capital Region
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in one or more HSC courses
  • Goulburn–Mulwaree
  • Queanbeyan
  • Snowy Mountains
  • South Coast
  • Young–Yass
1,297
Central Coast
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in one or more HSC courses
  • Gosford
  • Wyong
2,947
Central West
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in one or more HSC courses
  • Bathurst
  • Lachlan Valley
  • Lithgow–Mudgee
  • Orange
1,833
Coffs Harbour–Grafton
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in one or more HSC courses
  • Clarence Valley
  • Coffs Harbour
1,321
Far West and Orana
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in one or more HSC courses
  • Bourke–Cobar–Coonamble
  • Broken Hill and Far West
  • Dubbo
800
Hunter Valley (excluding Newcastle)
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in one or more HSC courses
  • Lower Hunter
  • Maitland
  • Port Stephens
  • Upper Hunter
1,965
Illawarra
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in one or more HSC courses
  • Dapto–Port Kembla
  • Kiama–Shellharbour
  • Wollongong
2,684
Mid North Coast
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in one or more HSC courses
  • Great Lakes
  • Kempsey–Nambucca
  • Port Macquarie
  • Taree–Gloucester
1,731
Murray
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in one or more HSC courses
  • Albury
  • Lower Murray
  • Upper Murray (excluding Albury)
965
New England and North West
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in one or more HSC courses
  • Armidale
  • Inverell–Tenterfield
  • Moree–Narrabri
  • Tamworth–Gunnedah
1,607
Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in one or more HSC courses
  • Lake Macquarie–East
  • Lake Macquarie–West
  • Newcastle
3,736
Richmond–Tweed
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in one or more HSC courses
  • Richmond Valley–Coastal
  • Richmond Valley–Hinterland
  • Tweed Valley
2,443
Riverina
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in one or more HSC courses
  • Griffith–Murrumbidgee (West)
  • Tumut–Tumbarumba
  • Wagga Wagga
1,597
Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in one or more HSC courses
  • Shoalhaven
  • Southern Highlands
1,209
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
3,075

Blacktown 

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Blacktown
  • Blacktown–North
  • Mount Druitt
3,396
 

City and Inner South

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Botany
  • Marrickville–Sydenham–Petersham
  • Sydney Inner City
2,709

Eastern Suburbs

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Eastern Suburbs–North
  • Eastern Suburbs–South
3,253

Inner South West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bankstown
  • Canterbury
  • Hurstville
  • Kogarah–Rockdale
4,657

Inner West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Canada Bay
  • Strathfield–Burwood–Ashfield
3,053

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
6,007

Northern Beaches 

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Manly
  • Pittwater
  • Warringah
2,575

Outer South West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Camden
  • Campbelltown
  • Wollondilly
2,595

Outer West and Blue Mountains

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Blue Mountains
  • Penrith
  • Richmond–Windsor
  • St Marys
3,179

Parramatta

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Auburn
  • Carlingford
  • Merrylands–Guildford
  • Parramatta
4,792

Ryde

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Pennant Hills–Epping
  • Ryde–Hunters Hill
1,998

South West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bringelly–Green Valley
  • Fairfield
  • Liverpool
5,872

Sutherland

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Cronulla–Miranda–Caringbah
  • Sutherland–Menai–Heathcote
2,664
Outside NSW
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in one or more HSC courses
All areas outside NSW350
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