Suburb profile
Port Hedland WA 6721
Port Hedland is located in the Outback Western Australia (North) region of Western Australia, postcode 6721. It has 3,084 properties across 107 streets. Explore every street in Port Hedland, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Port Hedland
Port Hedland, WA 6721, sits in Outback Western Australia (North) and neighbours South Hedland, Boodarie, Redbank and Wedgefield. Its 107 streets hold 3,084 properties, 2,009 of them houses and 1,075 units.
At the 2021 Census Port Hedland had 4,253 residents, a median age of 34 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $3,402 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,833 a month and the median rent $210 a week. Of 1,389 dwellings, 931 were separate houses, 163 semi-detached and 245 flats, with 35 other; 114 were owned outright, 180 owned with a mortgage and 931 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Port Hedland
- 4,253Peoplelive in the area
- 34Median ageyears
- $3,402Median household incomea week
- $210Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses931
- Townhouses and semis163
- Flats and apartments245
- Other35
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,833a month
- Household size2.5people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Port Hedland
Port Hedland Primary School
GovernmentPrimary
Port Hedland School Of The Air
GovernmentPrimary
St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School
CatholicPrimary
Strelley Community School
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Strelley Community School - Strelley Station Campus
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Strelley Community School
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Strelley Community School - Strelley Station Campus
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Streets in Port Hedland
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Neighbouring suburbs
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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.