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Illawarra Hospital School

Illawarra Hospital School is a government special school in Wollongong, New South Wales.

Suburb Wollongong 2500

Local government area Wollongong

Remoteness Major Cities

Sector Government

School type Special

Statistical area (SA2) Wollongong - West

Official website illawarhos-s.schools.nsw.gov.au

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Catchment zone shown where matched to official NSW government data.

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Illawarra Hospital School catchment

We could not match a zone boundary for this school in the published NSW government zone data, so no catchment suburbs are listed. Some government schools, such as selective, specialist and senior-only schools, do not have a local zone. Check an address with the official NSW zone finder.

The suburb: Wollongong - West

$1,203,000

Median house price

NSW DCJ Sales, Mar 2026

Childcare services

ACECQA register

40.4%

Families that are couples with children

ABS Census 2021

17,595

Residents

ABS, June 2025

Figures are for the Wollongong - West statistical area (SA2), which contains the school. SA2 boundaries do not always equal suburb boundaries, and childcare services are matched by suburb name. See the full Wollongong - West profile →

Nearest schools to Illawarra Hospital School

School Sector Years Enrolment ICSEA Distance

Novo Education Space Independent 9-12 44 983 0.7 km

Gwynneville Public School Government K-6 271 1065 0.9 km

St Brigid's Catholic Primary School Catholic K-6 175 1083 0.9 km

Wollongong West Public School Government K-6 243 991 1.1 km

St Therese Catholic Primary School Catholic K-6 368 1090 1.2 km

Wollongong Public School Government K-6 579 1084 1.2 km

Listed nearest first. Distance is a straight line between ACARA school locations, not travel distance, and the order is not a ranking.

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Questions about Illawarra Hospital School

Is Illawarra Hospital School a government or non-government school?

Illawarra Hospital School is a government school in Wollongong, New South Wales.

How many childcare services are near Illawarra Hospital School?

14 childcare services are listed on the ACECQA national register for Wollongong - West, the statistical area around the school. Services are matched by suburb name.

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Source: ACARA School Profile & School Location 2025 (Data Access Program). VIC, NSW and QLD government catchment zones from DET School Zones 2027, NSW DoE School Intake Zones 2026 and Queensland Department of Education state school catchments 2026 (CC BY 4.0). ICSEA is a socio-educational intake index - it measures student background, not teaching quality or outcomes. Methodology →