4.9% ▲ +30.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Success · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Success
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Success than in most other areas, with 75% of the adult population active in the labour force. This strong participation is matched by a high rate of full-time employment. It is a working suburb where the typical resident is more likely to be employed than the state or national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 63.6%, which is well above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. While the unemployment rate is 4.9%, this is about the same as the state and national figures.
75.0% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.9%
- 2016: 71.7%
- 2021: 75.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.6% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.3%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 63.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers in Success are health care and social assistance at 14.9%, followed by retail trade at 9.1% and construction at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.8%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 16.2% and clerical and administrative staff at 13.6%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Success [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51417/success/topic/employment