Australian Demographic Profile
Port Hedland, WA 6721
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~4,045
Median age
32
Median income
Very high
$2,000-$2,999/wk
Top profile
Trades
25%
Profile composition (top three)
- Trades and technical workers25%
- High-earning professionals17%
- Young singles and non-workers15%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~4,045
- Sex split
- F 48% / M 52%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 22%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)24%
- Young adults (15-24)7.7%
- Early career (25-39)33%
- Mid career (40-59)28%
- Senior (60+)7.0%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Port Hedland: Very high ($2,000-$2,999/wk).
- No / not stated41%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)4.3%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)15%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)26%
- Very high ($3k+)15%
Top occupations
- Technicians and Trades Workers26%
- Professionals17%
- Managers16%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to WA and Australia
| Port Hedland | WA avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 22% | 17% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →