Historical region enrolment statistics

This historical data reports on the number of students at schools in each region for the 2019–2023 HSC cohorts.

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NESA takes a snapshot of HSC enrolments at 1 September every year. Students are studying HSC courses in schools throughout NSW and even at some schools overseas. View how many students were enrolled in one or more HSC courses throughout the regions of NSW in each respective year.

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

All regions (excluding Sydney)

Region20192020202120222023
Capital Region1,3351,2971,2041,3021,298
Central Coast2,9382,9472,8292,7302,754
Central West1,9171,8331,8281,7421,817
Coffs Harbour-Grafton1,4051,3211,2511,2111,160
Far West and Orana878800823747755
Hunter Valley (excluding Newcastle)1,8551,9651,8441,8441,801
Illawarra2,5832,6842,6732,5562,559
Mid North Coast1,8281,7311,6821,5711,609
Murray941965929885949
New England and North West1,6831,6071,5051,4421,480
Newcastle and Lake Macquarie3,5863,7363,7133,6843,717
Richmond-Tweed2,3252,4432,3062,2272,366
Riverina1,6011,5971,4661,3971,288
Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven1,2141,2091,1621,1401,099
Outside NSW338350338284283

Sydney

Region20192020202120222023
Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury3,0213,0753,1333,2163,452
Blacktown3,2813,3963,4903,6343,869
City and Inner South2,6742,7092,7542,7542,948
Eastern Suburbs3,1943,2533,2123,3503,168
Inner South West4,6314,6574,7664,6784,497
Inner West3,0233,0533,0943,1363,012
North Sydney and Hornsby6,0836,0076,1826,2746,667
Northern Beaches2,5962,5752,6702,6382,761
Outer South West2,4582,5952,6292,4952,723
Outer West and Blue Mountains3,3023,1793,4163,3483,292
Parramatta4,5144,7924,9944,8334,956
Ryde1,8711,9982,0502,0652,104
South West5,5655,8725,9425,7625,880
Sutherland2,3662,6642,5142,5032,575

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