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| Town of Port Hedland Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Town of Port Hedland | ||||||||||||||
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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.
