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Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre

Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre is a government combined school in The Rocks, New South Wales.

Suburb The Rocks 2000

Local government area Sydney

Remoteness Major Cities

Sector Government

School type Combined

Statistical area (SA2) Sydney (North) - Millers Point

Official website observatoryhilleec.schools.nsw.gov.au

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Catchment zone shown where matched to official NSW government data.

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Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre 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: Sydney (North) - Millers Point

Childcare services

ACECQA register

18.9%

Families that are couples with children

ABS Census 2021

9,305

Residents

ABS, June 2025

Figures are for the Sydney (North) - Millers Point 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 Sydney (North) - Millers Point profile →

Nearest schools to Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre

School Sector Years Enrolment ICSEA Distance

Fort Street Public School Government K-6 284 1094 0.2 km

Conservatorium High School Government 7-12 156 1194 0.8 km

Macquarie Grammar School Independent 7-12 84 1027 1.3 km

St Aloysius' College Independent 3-12 1,347 1223 1.3 km

Nicholson Street Public School Government K-6 95 1151 1.4 km

St Mary's Cathedral College Catholic K-12 937 1125 1.5 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 Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre

Is Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre a government or non-government school?

Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre is a government school in The Rocks, New South Wales.

How many childcare services are near Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre?

15 childcare services are listed on the ACECQA national register for Sydney (North) - Millers Point, 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 →