South Hedland WA 6722
South Hedland is a suburb in Western Australia, 1,620 km from Perth CBD, around 17 hours 55 minutes by car. Population is 11,046; the median age is 32 and the median household income is $134,472 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population grew 16.6% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $240 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,387. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 5 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is South Hedland a good suburb?
South Hedland scores a C (43/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on schools and safety.
Below the state average
5 schools · Bottom 8% in WA
Very walkable
Walkability 77/100 · 1619.8 km · 1077 min drive to Perth
Median available
Median $525K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 92/100 · Flood 0/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 32 · 11,046 residents
Liveability Rating
43 / 100 · Ranked #317 in WAEach bar is South Hedland's rank among WA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
43 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataSouth Hedland's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $525,000, roughly 20% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$525,000
Based on 263 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 50 days — median across 140 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 10 sales $370K
- 3 bed 160 sales $479K
- 4 bed 75 sales $642K
- 5 bed 10 sales $660K
Units
$325,000
Based on 73 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 50 days — median across 47 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 24 sales $317K
- 2 bed 21 sales $389K
- 3 bed 28 sales $300K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in South Hedland are currently listed at around $580,000 on average. Based on 106 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$580K
106 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$379K
29 units listed in the last 6 months.
135 of the suburb's 3,377 dwellings (4.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in South Hedland rent for around $1,100 a week on average, based on 69 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$1,100/wk
69 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$850/wk
19 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
88 rentals advertised against an estimated 2,442 rented homes (3.6%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $860/wk
- 142 bonds
- +22% 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 202592 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 33% of its income on the median rent in postcode 6722.
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$1,100/week ($57,000 a year) on a $580,000 median
$850/week ($44,000 a year) on a $379,000 median
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
5 active Airbnb listings: 5 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.1% 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.
Schools
Five schools serve South Hedland, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 2,481 students across 5 schools (avg 496)
- • ICSEA 815-902, median 867 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Hedland Senior High School (1,138 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
South Hedland is very walkable on foot — at 77/100, most daily errands can be done on foot.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside South Hedland.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 30.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 25.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 15.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 10.0 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 South Hedland.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 17%
- Premises covered
- 5,625
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 23 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
South Hedland is home to about 11,000 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 32 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $134,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
11,046
Median Age
32
Median Household Income
$134,472/yr
Census Median Rent
$240/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,387/mo
Avg Household Size
2.7
Median Personal Income
$73,580/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
28.2%
Total Dwellings
3,377
Owner-Occupier Rate
27.7%
Houses
71.6%
Rental Stress
9.3%
Mortgage Stress
12.4%
Work From Home
2.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
488 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 70 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 2,274 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 63.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 67.4%
- Employment Rate
- 64%
- Completed Year 12
- 31.7%
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.
490 residents (4.4%) 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.
13.3% of residents (1,337) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Perth (971).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 10,036 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 (34 of 5,295).
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.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 3,008 people work here; 5,295 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.6 jobs per working resident. At least 43% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
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, 5.0 kmDry climate — very hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 15 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 7.5 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
6 facilities within 5 km- 2.8 km
- 3.4 kmWaste Treatment and Disposal ServicesTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Chlorine & compounds · Ammonia (total)
- 3.8 kmOther Warehousing and Storage ServicesTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Benzene · Toluene (methylbenzene)
- 4.4 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: 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 6722, 8 of 7,897 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.8% (143 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 6722, 432 rooftop-solar systems totalling 3.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 4,410 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 39 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 $525,000 this is under 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 2026-10-27 — 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 South Hedland
Is South Hedland a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in South Hedland is high (92/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect South Hedland?
South 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 South Hedland a good place to live?
South Hedland has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (43/100), 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 South Hedland?
South Hedland, WA had a population of 11,046 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for South Hedland, WA?
The postcode for South Hedland, WA is 6722.
How far is South Hedland from Perth?
South Hedland is 1,620 km from Perth CBD by road, about 1077 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in South Hedland?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in South Hedland was $134,472 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 South Hedland?
The median advertised rent in South Hedland is $1,100 a week for houses (69 listings) and $850 a week for units (19 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in South Hedland?
The median age of residents in South Hedland was 32 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in South Hedland?
There are 5 schools inside the South Hedland boundary: 2 at and 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is South Hedland walkable?
South Hedland scores 77/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in South Hedland?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to South Hedland, Port Hedland Airport (5 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 South 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 South Hedland belong to?
South 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 South 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 South Hedland in?
South 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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