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As a town, Parlkarra was first built for the mining needs more than 40 years ago, to service Parlkarra Iron’s initial mines at the hearts of WA’s famous iron-rich Pilbara region.
Hence, the town’s economy is heavily reliant on mining, including iron ore mining, oil and natural gas, with a majority of people being employed by nearby Parlkarra Mine as technicians, trades workers, machinery operators and drivers.

Parlkarra has a current population of 2,500 residents. (Paraburdoo Community Services, 2012) The largest majority of the adult population is aged between 25-34 years old and the majority of the child population is aged between 0-14. Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students are the most common type of family in Parlkarra, with far fewer single parent families (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2010).
Because of the nearby Parlkarra Mine, the majority of the population of Parlkarra are employed as technicians or trade workers, as well as labourers and machinery operators. Other frequent professions in Parlkarra are professionals, clerical or admin workers or sales workers (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2010). A highly skilled population, high average incomes and skewed demographics towards working age people, with fewer youth and older people in town have been demographic factors clearly attributable to the town's mining industry.
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There is a large Indigenous population in the Pilbara with over 7,000 Indigenous residents living across 37 scattered communities. The Pilbara is home to the third highest Indigenous population in the state. (Paraburdoo Community Services, 2012)
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Economic modeling has shown that the iron ore industry directly and indirectly contributes as high as 90% of the GRP of Parlkarra. The value of iron ore industry associated with Parlkarra is over $360 million per annum.
As it can be seen on the figures below, approximately 46% of the Parlkarra workforce is employed in the mining industry (which is only 24% in the whole Pilbara region as shown), with retail trade, at 8% of the workforce, a distant second. These are the data extracted from the Australian Census 2011.
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Parlkarra is experiencing slow but steady industry diversification in recent years, including the growing fishing and tourism. With its beautiful ancient tropical landscape and the nearby Parlkarra National Park, more visitors have been attracted to the town, and its tourism has been significantly developing. However, the tourism industry still only accounts for 6% of its workforce.
The level of private home ownership in the town is low. Of the 950 houses in Parlkarra, 93% are owned by Parlkarra Mine.

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Here at Parlkarra District High School we are lucky to have strong partnerships with the community and local businesses.
Parlkarra Mine is the leading employer in the community and provides much support for the school to ensure that our students receive the best education possible. The latest sucess story from our partnership with Parlkarra Mine is the upgraded computer lab in our senior school building and the two new computers in each of our classrooms - bringing the total amount of computers per classroom up to four. The reaction to this has been extremely positive and we look forward to working closely with Parlkarra Mine in the future.

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Here at Parlkarra District High School we are lucky to have strong partnerships with the community and local businesses.
Parlkarra Mine is the leading employer in the community and provides much support for the school to ensure that our students receive the best education possible. The latest sucess story from our partnership with Parlkarra Mine is the upgraded computer lab in our senior school building and the two new computers in each of our classrooms - bringing the total amount of computers per classroom up to four. The reaction to this has been extremely positive and we look forward to working closely with Parlkarra Mine in the future.

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There is a total of 381 students currently enrolled at Parlkarra District High School. There are 28 students enrolled in Pre-Primary, for the numbers of each years refer to the table below.
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There is a total of 381 students currently enrolled at Parlkarra District High School. There are 28 students enrolled in Pre-Primary, for the numbers of each years refer to the table below.
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