2025 HSC region enrolments

Students are studying their HSC courses in schools across NSW and overseas; view the number of students in each region for the 2025 cohort.

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About the data

NESA takes a snapshot of HSC enrolments on 1 September every year.

View how many students are enrolled in one or more HSC course throughout the regions of NSW in 2025. The regions are based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics statistical area 4.

View historical data for region enrolments for previous HSC cohorts.

Capital Region
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Goulburn–Mulwaree
  • Queanbeyan
  • Snowy Mountains
  • South Coast
  • Young–Yass
1,284
Central Coast
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Gosford
  • Wyong
3,026
Central West
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bathurst
  • Lachlan Valley
  • Lithgow–Mudgee
  • Orange
1,991
Coffs Harbour–Grafton
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Clarence Valley
  • Coffs Harbour
1,286
Far West and Orana
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bourke–Cobar–Coonamble
  • Broken Hill and Far West
  • Dubbo
858
Hunter Valley (excluding Newcastle)
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Lower Hunter
  • Maitland
  • Port Stephens
  • Upper Hunter
2,140
Illawarra
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Dapto–Port Kembla
  • Kiama–Shellharbour
  • Wollongong
2,833
Mid North Coast
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Great Lakes
  • Kempsey–Nambucca
  • Port Macquarie
  • Taree–Gloucester
1,603
Murray
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Albury
  • Lower Murray
  • Upper Murray (excluding Albury)
934
New England and North West
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Armidale
  • Inverell–Tenterfield
  • Moree–Narrabri
  • Tamworth–Gunnedah
1,518
Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Lake Macquarie–East
  • Lake Macquarie–West
  • Newcastle
4,165
Richmond–Tweed
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Richmond Valley–Coastal
  • Richmond Valley–Hinterland
  • Tweed Valley
2,414
Riverina
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Griffith–Murrumbidgee (West)
  • Tumut–Tumbarumba
  • Wagga Wagga
1,352
Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Shoalhaven
  • Southern Highlands
1,280
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
3,893

Blacktown 

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Blacktown
  • Blacktown–North
  • Mount Druitt
4,470

City and Inner South

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Botany
  • Marrickville–Sydenham–Petersham
  • Sydney Inner City
3,251

Eastern Suburbs

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Eastern Suburbs–North
  • Eastern Suburbs–South
3,378

Inner South West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bankstown
  • Canterbury
  • Hurstville
  • Kogarah–Rockdale
4,983

Inner West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Canada Bay
  • Strathfield–Burwood–Ashfield
3,364

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
7,197

Northern Beaches 

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Manly
  • Pittwater
  • Warringah
3,053

Outer South West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Camden
  • Campbelltown (NSW)
  • Wollondilly
2,891

Outer West and Blue Mountains

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Blue Mountains
  • Penrith
  • Richmond–Windsor
  • St Marys
3,351

Parramatta

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Auburn
  • Carlingford
  • Merrylands–Guildford
  • Parramatta
5,428

Ryde

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Pennant Hills–Epping
  • Ryde–Hunters Hill
2,411

South West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bringelly–Green Valley
  • Fairfield
  • Liverpool
6,475

Sutherland

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Cronulla–Miranda–Caringbah
  • Sutherland–Menai–Heathcote
2,734
Outside NSW
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
All areas outside NSW330

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