Back Port Hedland (rehiyon) CEB Port Hedland Town German Ville de Port Hedland French Città di Port Hedland Italian Town of Port Hedland Dutch Port Hedland Town Swedish
20°18′36″S 118°36′04″E / 20.310°S 118.601°E
| Town of Port Hedland Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Location in Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 15,684 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 10,587 km2 (4,087.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Peter Carter | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Port Hedland | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Pilbara | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Pilbara | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Durack | ||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Town of Port Hedland | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
The Town of Port Hedland is a local government area in the Pilbara region of Western Australia containing the twin settlements of Port Hedland and South Hedland and the industrial precinct of Wedgefield. It had a population of approximately 14,500 as at the 2016 Census of which only a few hundred live outside the settlement boundaries.[2]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Port Hedland (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Port Hedland (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
