Australian private schools, by state

NSW has Australia's deepest concentration of independent + Catholic schools — Sydney alone hosts 50+ marquee private schools across the Anglican, Catholic, Independent and Jewish sectors.

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Victoria's independent school sector is concentrated in Melbourne's eastern + south-eastern suburbs, with regional flagships in Geelong (Geelong Grammar, Geelong College) and Ballarat (Clarendon, BCC).

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Queensland's independent schools centre on Brisbane (Grammar, Churchie, BBC, BGGS) + Toowoomba (TGS, TWGGS, Fairholme, Concordia).

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WA's independent sector is concentrated in Perth's western + northern suburbs — Christ Church, Hale, Scotch, Aquinas, Trinity, plus girls' schools St Hilda's, MLC, Methodist Ladies', Penrhos, Presbyterian.

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SA's independent sector is anchored by Adelaide's Princes Road precinct — St Peter's, Prince Alfred, Pulteney, Pembroke, Walford, Wilderness, Concordia.

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Canberra's independent sector is small but high-performing — Canberra Grammar, Canberra Girls Grammar, Radford, Burgmann Anglican, St Edmund's, Daramalan.

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Tasmania's independent sector centres on Hobart — The Hutchins School, St Michael's Collegiate, Friends' School, Fahan + Mt Carmel — plus Launceston schools (Scotch Oakburn, Launceston Grammar).

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NT has a small but strategically important independent sector serving Darwin + remote-area communities.

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