This report counts for each subject the total number of merit results awarded to students in 2011. Where subjects have equal merit counts, entries are listed alphabetically.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | 1 |
| 2 | Accounting | 13 |
| 3 | Agricultural and Horticultural Management | 1 |
| 4 | Agricultural and Horticultural Studies | 1 |
| 5 | Arts and the Community | 1 |
| 6 | Australian and International Politics | 1 |
| 7 | Biology | 66 |
| 8 | Business and Enterprise | 12 |
| 9 | Chemistry | 54 |
| 10 | Child Studies | 13 |
| 11 | Chinese (background speakers) | 1 |
| 12 | Chinese (continuers) | 1 |
| 13 | Classical Studies | 3 |
| 14 | Communication and the Community | 3 |
| 15 | Communication Products I | 4 |
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| 16 | Communication Products II | 1 |
| 17 | Composing and Arranging | 2 |
| 18 | Creative Arts | 2 |
| 19 | Dance | 4 |
| 20 | Design, Construction and the Community | 1 |
| 21 | Drama | 13 |
| 22 | Economics | 6 |
| 23 | English as a Second Language | 2 |
| 24 | English as Second Language Studies | 10 |
| 25 | English Communications | 68 |
| 26 | English Studies | 36 |
| 27 | Ensemble Performance | 12 |
| 28 | Food and Hospitality | 17 |
| 29 | French (beginners) | 1 |
| 30 | French (continuers) | 3 |
| 31 | Geography | 5 |
| 32 | German (continuers) | 1 |
| 33 | Health | 2 |
| 34 | Health, Recreation and the Community | 2 |
| 35 | Information Processing and Publishing | 16 |
| 36 | Information Technology | 2 |
| 37 | Integrated Learning | 1 |
| 38 | Italian (beginners) | 1 |
| 39 | Italian (continuers) | 3 |
| 40 | Japanese (beginners) | 1 |
| 41 | Japanese (continuers) | 3 |
| 42 | Legal Studies | 15 |
| 43 | Material Products I | 3 |
| 44 | Material Products II | 3 |
| 45 | Mathematical Applications | 27 |
| 46 | Mathematical Methods | 15 |
| 47 | Mathematical Studies | 60 |
| 48 | Media Studies | 1 |
| 49 | Modern History | 13 |
| 50 | Music in Context | 1 |
| 51 | Music Individual Study | 6 |
| 52 | Musicianship | 4 |
| 53 | Nutrition | 5 |
| 54 | Outdoor and Environmental Education | 3 |
| 55 | Performance Special Study | 11 |
| 56 | Philosophy | 3 |
| 57 | Physical Education | 7 |
| 58 | Physics | 48 |
| 59 | Psychology | 33 |
| 60 | Religion Studies | 4 |
| 61 | Research Project B | 241 |
| 62 | Russian (continuers) | 1 |
| 63 | Society and Culture | 13 |
| 64 | Solo Performance | 11 |
| 65 | Spanish (continuers) | 1 |
| 66 | Specialist Mathematics | 22 |
| 67 | Tourism | 5 |
| 68 | Vietnamese (background speakers) | 1 |
| 69 | Vietnamese (continuers) | 1 |
| 70 | Visual Arts - Arts | 20 |
| 71 | Visual Arts - Design | 7 |
| 72 | Vocational Studies B | 19 |
| 73 | Women's Studies | 3 |
| 74 | Work and the Community | 4 |
| 75 | Workplace Practices | 23 |