Port Hedland WA 6721
Port Hedland sits 1,627 km from Perth CBD in Western Australia, around 18 hours 5 minutes by car. Census data records 4,081 residents with a median age of 34 and a median household income of $178,568 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb fell 2.4% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $210 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,812. Port Hedland is characterised by high coastal erosion risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 3 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Port Hedland a good suburb?
Port Hedland scores a B (50/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on schools and transit.
Below the state average
3 schools · Bottom 9% in WA
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 1627.2 km · 1084 min drive to Perth
Median available
Median $890K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 57/100 · Flood 0/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 34 · 4,081 residents
Liveability Rating
50 / 100 · Ranked #254 in WAEach bar is Port Hedland's rank among WA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
50 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataPort Hedland's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $890,000, about 2% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$890,000
Based on 72 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 78 days — median across 29 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 30 sales $792K
- 4 bed 31 sales $925K
- 5 bed 5 sales $915K
Units
$720,000
Based on 25 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 57 days — median across 15 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 18 sales $720K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Port Hedland are currently listed at around $857,000 on average. Based on 14 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$857K
14 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$814K
4 units listed in the last 6 months.
18 of the suburb's 1,344 dwellings (1.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Port Hedland rent for around $1,825 a week on average, based on 18 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$1,825/wk
18 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$650/wk
5 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
23 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,035 rented homes (2.2%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $988/wk
- 44 bonds
- +1% since 2023
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. WA's bond data does not record bedrooms or dwelling type, so it covers all rentals together.Change since 2023 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202581 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 37% of its income on the median rent in postcode 6721.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$1,825/week ($95,000 a year) on a $857,000 median
$650/week ($34,000 a year) on a $814,000 median
Based on a small sample (4 listings) — indicative only.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Short-Stay Rentals
9 active Airbnb listings: 9 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.5% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 2.9 km
- Rate
- -0.06 m/yr
- Net Movement
- —
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Three schools serve Port Hedland, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 663 students across 3 schools (avg 221)
- • Sectors: 2 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 923-989, median 943 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Port Hedland Primary School (478 students)
Primary
Walkability
Port Hedland is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the suburb there are 1 supermarket, 13 parks and 3 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Port Hedland.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 23.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 20.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 12.8 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 9.2 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Port Hedland.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 2,440
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Port Hedland: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 10 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Port Hedland is home to about 4,100 residents, with a median age of 34, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $179,000 a year, with unemployment at 1.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
4,081
Median Age
34
Median Household Income
$178,568/yr
Census Median Rent
$210/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,812/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$96,668/yr
Unemployment Rate
1.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
37.1%
Total Dwellings
1,344
Owner-Occupier Rate
23.0%
Houses
67.7%
Rental Stress
6.1%
Mortgage Stress
12.2%
Work From Home
2.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
72 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 10 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 922 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 66.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 76.4%
- Employment Rate
- 73.4%
- Completed Year 12
- 39.6%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
186 residents (4.6%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
19.3% of residents (714) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Perth (541).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 3,703 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (18 of 2,276).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Building Approvals: Port Hedland
In the year to August 2026, 49 new dwellings were approved across Port Hedland. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are up 1500.0% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Port Hedland Airport, 3.6 kmDry climate — very hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 11 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 2.9 km
- Annual rainfall
- 329 mm
- 20 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 36.8°C
- 159 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 13.9°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
4 facilities within 5 km- 0.5 kmOther Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and QuarryingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Boron & compounds · Fluoride compounds
- 3.7 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · n-Hexane · Cyclohexane
- 4.1 kmRailway Rolling Stock Manufacturing and Repair ServicesTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 4.5 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers) · Toluene (methylbenzene)
EV adoption
In postcode 6721, 6 of 4,162 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.3% (139 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.5%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 6721, 242 rooftop-solar systems totalling 3.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,905 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 10 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $800,000.
Cap is $800,000 SOUTH of the 26th parallel (which includes all of metropolitan Perth) and $1,000,000 NORTH of it. We store the southern figure because that is where almost every buyer is; the northern cap is higher, so the stored value never overstates eligibility. The southern cap rose from $750,000 on 7 May 2026 in the 2026-27 Housing Taxation Package. The same package moved the first home owner RATE OF DUTY thresholds, which is a different scheme and lives in the web repo's app/stamp_duty.py.
Mortgage repayments
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with RevenueWA
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $800,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Department of Finance WA.
At $890,000 this is $90,000 above the $800,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Department of Finance WA.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Melissa Price Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Melissa Price | 39.9% | 60.1% | -5.5 |
| 2022 | Melissa Price | 45.7% | 54.3% | -9.2 |
| 2019 | Melissa Price | 35.2% | 64.8% | +3.7 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Kevin Michel WA Labor
Next state election: 10 March 2029.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kevin Michel ALP | 50.6% |
| 2021 | Kevin Michel ALP | 70.3% |
| 2017 | Kevin Michel ALP | 52.3% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2023, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Western Australian Electoral Commission.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Port Hedland
Is Port Hedland a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Port Hedland is moderate (57/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Port Hedland?
Port Hedland has no recorded bushfire history. No mapped flood overlay applies. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Port Hedland a good place to live?
Port Hedland has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (50/100), ranked against other WA suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Port Hedland?
Port Hedland, WA had a population of 4,081 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Port Hedland, WA?
The postcode for Port Hedland, WA is 6721.
How far is Port Hedland from Perth?
Port Hedland is 1,627 km from Perth CBD by road, about 1084 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Port Hedland?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Port Hedland was $178,568 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Port Hedland?
The median advertised rent in Port Hedland is $1,825 a week for houses (18 listings) and $650 a week for units (5 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Port Hedland?
The median age of residents in Port Hedland was 34 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Port Hedland?
There are 3 schools inside the Port Hedland boundary: 1 at and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the weather like in Port Hedland?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Port Hedland, Port Hedland Airport (3.6 km away), summer days average 36.8°C, winter nights 13.9°C, 329 mm of rain a year over 20 rainy days, and 159 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Port Hedland?
First-home buyers in WA may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $800,000. The grant is administered by Department of Finance WA; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Port Hedland belong to?
Port Hedland sits within the Port Hedland local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much is being built near Port Hedland?
Across Port Hedland, 49 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 1500.0% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Port Hedland in?
Port Hedland sits within the federal Division of Durack, currently held by Melissa Price (Liberal).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2023–24
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2025
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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