Port Hedland is located in regional WA and comprises 1,849 private dwellings across an area of 67 square kilometres. Over the past year it has experienced an annual growth rate of 3.8% and a median house price of $749,000. Residents are paying a median monthly mortgage repayment of $3,033.
Home to approximately 4,180 residents, Port Hedland has an annual population growth rate of 10.85% and a median age of 33 years.
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Port Hedland is a port town in the Pilbara region, 1638 kilometres north of Perth and 202 kilometres east northeast of Roebourne. In 1895 the government commenced survey work for a port to service the pastoral industry in the region, and there was also demand in the area for a townsite. Following the survey of lots the townsite of Port Hedland was gazetted in 1896.
Port Hedland is named after the natural harbour of the same name on which it is situated. This was named during explorations of the area in 1863 after Captain Peter Hedland, master of the cutter "Mystery", who discovered the entrance to the harbour. Hedland was a Dutchman who sailed the north west coastal region supplying settlers in the 1860s.
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