Town of Port Hedland

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Town of Port Hedland
Western Australia
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Location in Western Australia
Town of Port Hedland
Population15,684 (LGA 2021) [1]
Area10,587 km2 (4,087.7 sq mi)
MayorPeter Carter
Council seat Port Hedland
Region Pilbara
State electorate(s) Pilbara
Federal division(s) Durack
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Website Town of Port Hedland
LGAs around Town of Port Hedland:
Indian Ocean Indian Ocean East Pilbara
Indian Ocean Town of Port Hedland East Pilbara
Karratha Ashburton East 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. [2]

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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. [3]

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. [3] 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. [4] It assumed its current name when it gained town status on 18 March 1989. [3]

In June 2019 the Council was suspended by the state government and replaced with a commissioner. [5]

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.

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 recent Australian census: [6] [7]

LocalityPopulationAreaMap
Boodarie 182 (SAL 2021 ) [8] 862.2 km2 (332.9 sq mi) Town of Port Hedland
De Grey 24 (SAL 2021 ) [9] 3,167.6 km2 (1,223.0 sq mi) Town of Port Hedland
Finucane 0 (SAL 2016 ) [10] [11] 1.9 km2 (0.73 sq mi) Town of Port Hedland
Indee 16 (SAL 2021 ) [12] 1,624 km2 (627 sq mi) Town of Port Hedland
Marble Bar *927 (SAL 2021 ) [13] 35,032.9 km2 (13,526.3 sq mi) Town of Port Hedland
Mundabullangana 14 (SAL 2021 ) [14] 2,632 km2 (1,016 sq mi) Town of Port Hedland
Pippingarra 49 (SAL 2021 ) [15] 882.5 km2 (340.7 sq mi) Town of Port Hedland
Port Hedland 4,081 (SAL 2021 ) [16] 75.1 km2 (29.0 sq mi) Town of Port Hedland
Redbank 48 (SAL 2021 ) [17] 9.5 km2 (3.7 sq mi) Town of Port Hedland
South Hedland 11,046 (SAL 2021 ) [18] 22.3 km2 (8.6 sq mi) Town of Port Hedland
Strelley 41 (SAL 2021 ) [19] 809.6 km2 (312.6 sq mi) Town of Port Hedland
Wallareenya 0 (SAL 2016 ) [20] [21] 608.3 km2 (234.9 sq mi) Town of Port Hedland
Wedgefield 127 (SAL 2021 ) [22] 20.1 km2 (7.8 sq mi) Town of Port Hedland

Former towns

Heritage-listed places

As of 2021, 81 places are heritage-listed in the Town of Port Hedland, [23] of which six are on the State Register of Heritage Places. [24]

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