South Hedland

25.2% of South Hedland's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

2,479 family households lived in South Hedland; 48.2% were couple families and 17.0% were one-parent families.

52.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

South Hedland had 11,046 residents at the 2021 Census.

36.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

13.9% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Separate houses made up 71.6% of occupied private dwellings in South Hedland.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 21.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.0% of occupied private dwellings.

7.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

20.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

72.3% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in South Hedland had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 25.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 29.3%, while 29.0% had four or more usual residents.

2.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

72.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

6.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 30.4% of the total.

63.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

32.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 67.2% reported a different address.

20.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

67.4% of residents used only English at home.

15.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

20.9% of South Hedland's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.1% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 72.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.0% of ancestry responses in South Hedland.

Australian ancestry made up 27.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

11.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 6.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.9% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.7%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

45.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.1%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

62.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.4% reported asthma, 3.1% arthritis and 3.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.9%.

Median household income was $2,586 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,387.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $240 per week.

Working from home was 2.2% in South Hedland, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 7.4% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 72.3% in South Hedland, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.