2026 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 2026 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 2026. 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
1,318
Central Coast
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Gosford
  • Wyong
2,991
Central West
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bathurst
  • Lachlan Valley
  • Lithgow–Mudgee
  • Orange
1,926
Coffs Harbour–Grafton
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Clarence Valley
  • Coffs Harbour
1,216
Far West and Orana
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bourke–Cobar–Coonamble
  • Broken Hill and Far West
  • Dubbo
795
Hunter Valley (excluding Newcastle)
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Lower Hunter
  • Maitland
  • Port Stephens
  • Upper Hunter
2,054
Illawarra
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Dapto–Port Kembla
  • Kiama–Shellharbour
  • Wollongong
2,822
Mid North Coast
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Great Lakes
  • Kempsey–Nambucca
  • Port Macquarie
  • Taree–Gloucester
1,611
Murray
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Albury
  • Lower Murray
  • Upper Murray (excluding Albury)
999
New England and North West
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Armidale
  • Inverell–Tenterfield
  • Moree–Narrabri
  • Tamworth–Gunnedah
1,456
Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Lake Macquarie–East
  • Lake Macquarie–West
  • Newcastle
4,016
Richmond–Tweed
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Richmond Valley–Coastal
  • Richmond Valley–Hinterland
  • Tweed Valley
2,382
Riverina
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Griffith–Murrumbidgee (West)
  • Tumut–Tumbarumba
  • Wagga Wagga
1,376
Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Shoalhaven
  • Southern Highlands
1,246
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
3,989

Blacktown 

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Blacktown
  • Blacktown–North
  • Mount Druitt
4,732

City and Inner South

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Botany
  • Marrickville–Sydenham–Petersham
  • Sydney Inner City
3,113

Eastern Suburbs

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Eastern Suburbs–North
  • Eastern Suburbs–South
3,579

Inner South West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bankstown
  • Canterbury
  • Hurstville
  • Kogarah–Rockdale
5,114

Inner West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Canada Bay
  • Strathfield–Burwood–Ashfield
3,247

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
7,164

Northern Beaches 

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Manly
  • Pittwater
  • Warringah
3,042

Outer South West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Camden
  • Campbelltown (NSW)
  • Wollondilly
2,875

Outer West and Blue Mountains

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Blue Mountains
  • Penrith
  • Richmond–Windsor
  • St Marys
3,372

Parramatta

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Auburn
  • Carlingford
  • Merrylands–Guildford
  • Parramatta
5,441

Ryde

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Pennant Hills–Epping
  • Ryde–Hunters Hill
2,417

South West

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Bringelly–Green Valley
  • Fairfield
  • Liverpool
6,746

Sutherland

Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
  • Cronulla–Miranda–Caringbah
  • Sutherland–Menai–Heathcote
2,685
Outside NSW
Local areasNumber of students enrolled in 1 or more HSC courses
All areas outside NSW329

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