Port Hedland

24.1% of Port Hedland's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

934 family households lived in Port Hedland; 53.3% were couple families and 7.3% were one-parent families.

51.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Port Hedland had 4,081 residents at the 2021 Census.

41.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

13.3% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 67.8% of occupied private dwellings in Port Hedland.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 18.2% of occupied private dwellings.

8.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

14.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

77.0% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Port Hedland had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 27.8% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Two-person households represented 31.2%, while 26.4% had four or more usual residents.

2.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

73.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.6% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 30.2% of the total.

67.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

26.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 73.4% reported a different address.

20.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

76.4% of residents used only English at home.

11.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

20.8% of Port Hedland's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.2% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.1% of ancestry responses in Port Hedland.

Australian ancestry made up 32.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.0% of responses.

17.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 14.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.2% of workers, and education and training employed 6.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 74.9%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

55.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.0%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

66.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.6% reported asthma, 2.7% arthritis and 1.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.9%.

Median household income was $3,434 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,812.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $210 per week.

Working from home was 2.4% in Port Hedland, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 8.7% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 77.0% in Port Hedland, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.