2021 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 2021 HSC cohort.

About the statistics

In 2021, 76,399 students were enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses.

Use the dropdowns to view how many students were enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses throughout the regions of NSW in 2021. 

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

You can find more data on enrolments by viewing 2021 HSC course enrolments.

This data is taken from 1 September 2021.

Capital region
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Goulburn–Mulwaree
  • Queanbeyan
  • Snowy Mountains
  • South Coast
  • Young–Yass
1,204
Central Coast
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Gosford
  • Wyong
2,829
Central West
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bathurst
  • Lachlan Valley
  • Lithgow–Mudgee
  • Orange
1,828
Coffs Harbour–Grafton
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Clarence Valley
  • Coffs Harbour
1,251
Far West and Orana
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bourke–Cobar –Coonamble
  • Broken Hill and Far West
  • Dubbo
823
Hunter Valley (excluding Newcastle)
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Lower Hunter
  • Maitland
  • Port Stephens
  • Upper Hunter
1,844
Illawarra
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Dapto–Port Kembla
  • Kiama–Shellharbour
  • Wollongong
2,673
Mid North Coast
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
Great Lakes
Kempsey–Nambucca
Port Macquarie
Taree–Gloucester
1,682
Murray
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Albury
  • Lower Murray
  • Upper Murray (excluding Albury)
929
New England and North West
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Armidale
  • Inverell–Tenterfield
  • Moree–Narrabri
  • Tamworth–Gunnedah
1,505
Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Lake Macquarie–East
  • Lake Macquarie–West
  • Newcastle
3,713
Richmond–Tweed
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Richmond Valley–Coastal
  • Richmond Valley–Hinterland
  • Tweed Valley
2,306
Riverina
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Griffith–Murrumbidgee (West)
  • Tumut–Tumbarumba
  • Wagga Wagga
1,466
Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Shoalhaven
  • Southern Highlands
1,162
Sydney

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Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Baulkham Hills
  • Hawkesbury
  • Rouse Hill–McGraths Hill
3,133

Blacktown 

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
Blacktown
Blacktown–North
Mount Druitt
3,490

City and Inner South

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Botany
  • Marrickville–Sydenham–Petersham
  • Sydney Inner City
2,754

Eastern Suburbs

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Eastern Suburbs–North
  • Eastern Suburbs–South
3,212

Inner South West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bankstown
  • Canterbury
  • Hurstville
  • Kogarah–Rockdale
4,766

Inner West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Canada Bay
  • Strathfield–Burwood–Ashfield
3,094

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
6,182

Northern Beaches 

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Manly
  • Pittwater
  • Warringah
2,670

Outer South West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Camden
  • Campbelltown (NSW)
  • Wollondilly
2,629

Outer West and Blue Mountains

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Blue Mountains
  • Penrith
  • Richmond–Windsor
  • St Marys
3,416

Parramatta

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Auburn
  • Carlingford
  • Merrylands–Guildford
  • Parramatta
4,994

Ryde

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Pennant Hills–Epping
  • Ryde–Hunters Hill
2,050

South West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bringelly–Green Valley
  • Liverpool
5,942

Sutherland

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
Cronulla–Miranda–Caringbah
Sutherland–Menai–Heathcote
2,514
Outside NSW
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
All areas outside NSW338
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