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NSW government schools by remoteness and SA4 grouping (2014-2023)

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 13/11/2025

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Data Notes:

'SA4 grouping’ and ‘remoteness’ describe areas within NSW. Both are ABS standard categories. SA4 group relates to a predefined geographical area, based on population and labour markets, whereas remoteness is based on density of population.

From 2016 onwards, geographical data is reported by the ABS remoteness structure. The ABS remoteness structure uses 5 categories: Major Cities, Inner Regional, Outer Regional, Remote and Very Remote. Prior to 2016, MCEECDYA categories were used, which divided schools into four categories.

Since 2014, the department has used a geographical structure based on the new ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Groups of ASGS Statistical Area 4 (SA4) boundaries in NSW have been combined into 11 groups for reporting and publication of department data. Previous publications compared enrolments in DEC regions. Further information on SA4 groups is available in the Statistical Bulletin Explanatory Notes.

Data Source:

Schools and Students: Statistical Bulletin. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title NSW government schools by remoteness and SA4 grouping (2014-2023)
Language eng
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/3bc6feac-3d63-4197-8c05-81f3cf0248d7
Remote Last Updated 14/10/2025
Contact Point
NSW Department of Education
open.data@det.nsw.edu.au
Reference Period 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2023
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    147.0179,
    -32.1618
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "NSW government schools by remoteness and SA4 grouping (2014-2023)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-nsw-education-nsw-government-schools-by-remoteness-and-sa4-groupings