Town of Port Hedland

20°18′36″S118°36′04″E / 20.310°S 118.601°E / -20.310; 118.601

Town of Port Hedland
Local government area
Location in Western Australia
Location in Western Australia
Official logo of Town of Port Hedland
Map
Interactive map of Town of Port Hedland
CountryAustralia
StateWestern Australia
RegionPilbara
Council seatPort Hedland
Government
 • MayorNone
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Area
 • Total
10,587 km2 (4,088 sq mi)
Population
 • Total15,684 (LGA2021)[2]
WebsiteTown of Port Hedland
LGAs around Town of Port Hedland
Indian OceanIndian OceanEast Pilbara
Indian OceanTown of Port HedlandEast Pilbara
KarrathaAshburtonEast Pilbara

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.[3]

History

The Pilbara Road District was gazetted on 22 June 1894. It lost some territory to the new Nullagine Road District on 8 July 1898. It was renamed the Port Hedland Road District on 18 March 1904.[4]

It became the Shire of Port Hedland on 1 July 1961 under the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.[4] It underwent substantial boundary changes on 28 April 1972, losing approximately 5,669 square kilometres to the Shire of Marble Bar and gaining approximately 18.3 square kilometres from the Shire of Roebourne.[5] It assumed its current name when it gained town status on 18 March 1989.[4]

In June 2019 the Council was suspended by the state government and replaced with a commissioner.[6]

In October 2019, the government of Western Australia announced that there would be no further residential development of the West End of Port Hedland to protect sensitive population groups from health effects caused by dust generated by Port activities.

In August 2025, the council was again dissolved following the resignation of five councillors including the mayor.[7]

Wards

The town has eight councillors and no wards.

Towns and localities

The towns and localities of the Port Hedland with population and size figures based on the most recentAustralian census:[8][9]

Locality Population Area Map
Boodarie182 (SAL2021)[10]862.2 km2 (332.9 sq mi)Map
De Grey24 (SAL2021)[11]3,167.6 km2 (1,223.0 sq mi)Map
Finucane0 (SAL2016)[12][13]1.9 km2 (0.73 sq mi)Map
Indee16 (SAL2021)[14]1,624 km2 (627 sq mi)Map
Marble Bar *927 (SAL2021)[15]35,032.9 km2 (13,526.3 sq mi)Map
Mundabullangana14 (SAL2021)[16]2,632 km2 (1,016 sq mi)Map
Pippingarra49 (SAL2021)[17]882.5 km2 (340.7 sq mi)Map
Port Hedland4,081 (SAL2021)[18]75.1 km2 (29.0 sq mi)Map
Redbank48 (SAL2021)[19]9.5 km2 (3.7 sq mi)Map
South Hedland11,046 (SAL2021)[20]22.3 km2 (8.6 sq mi)Map
Strelley41 (SAL2021)[21]809.6 km2 (312.6 sq mi)Map
Wallareenya0 (SAL2016)[22][23]608.3 km2 (234.9 sq mi)Map
Wedgefield127 (SAL2021)[24]20.1 km2 (7.8 sq mi)Map
  • (* indicates locality is only partially located within this shire)

Former towns

Heritage-listed places

As of 2023, 81 places are heritage-listed in the Town of Port Hedland,[25] of which seven are on the State Register of Heritage Places.[26]

References

  1. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Port Hedland (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Port Hedland (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  3. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Port Hedland (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  4. ^ abc"Municipality Boundary Amendments Register"(PDF). Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  5. ^"Friday, 28th April 1972"(PDF). Government Gazette of Western Australia. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  6. ^McNeill, Heather (9 July 2019). "Entire Town of Port Hedland Council suspended over ongoing complaints". WA Today.
  7. ^Mills, Charlie; Murphy, Rosemary (25 August 2025). "Commissioner to be appointed to manage Town of Port Hedland following Mayor's resignation". ABC News. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  8. ^"SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  9. ^"NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  10. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Boodarie (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  11. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "De Grey (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  12. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Finucane (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. 
  13. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Finucane (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  14. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Indee (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  15. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Marble Bar (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  16. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mundabullangana (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  17. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pippingarra (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  18. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Port Hedland (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  19. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Redbank (WA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  20. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "South Hedland (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  21. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Strelley (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  22. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wallareenya (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. 
  23. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wallareenya (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  24. ^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wedgefield (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  25. ^"Town of Port Hedland Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  26. ^"Town of Port Hedland State Register of Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
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