Success is a southern

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, the

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, located within the

City of Cockburn The City of Cockburn ( ) is a local government area in the southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about south of Fremantle and about south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and had a po ...

. The name ''Success'' comes from Captain James Stirling's ship . Urban development of Success didn't begin until the early 1990s when the

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was extended to Forrest Road (now Armadale Road and

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). The population grew from 4,854 in the 2006 census to 10,148 in the 2016 census.

Amenities and facilities

Success is home to Cockburn Gateway Shopping City, which features more than 180 stores, including

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(replaced

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in October 2020), Coles, Woolworths,

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, and

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. The shopping centre also features five

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areas.

Aubin Grove railway station Aubin Grove railway station is a suburban railway station serving Atwell, Aubin Grove, Hammond Park and Success, which are suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It is on the Mandurah line, which is part of the Transperth network, and is loca ...

is located at the southeastern end of Success and services the southern end of the suburb. The northern end is serviced by

Cockburn Central railway station Cockburn Central station ( ) is a bus and railway station on the Transperth Trains, Transperth network. It is located at the juncture of the Mandurah railway line, Mandurah and Thornlie–Cockburn line, Thornlie–Cockburn lines, from Perth ra ...

just outside its northeastern boundary.

Transport

Bus

* 233 Cockburn Central Station to Gosnells Station – serves Cockburn Gateway Shopping City * 514 Cockburn Central Station to Murdoch Station – serves

* 518 Cockburn Central Station to Murdoch TAFE – serves Cockburn Gateway Shopping City * 523 Cockburn Central Station to Treeby – serves Cockburn Gateway Shopping City * 525 Cockburn Central Station to Aubin Grove Station – serves Cockburn Gateway Shopping City, Alabaster Drive, Baningan Avenue, Hammond Road and Russell Road * 526 Cockburn Central Station to Aubin Grove Station – serves Cockburn Gateway Shopping City and Wentworth Parade * 527 Cockburn Central Station to Aubin Grove Station – serves Cockburn Gateway Shopping City * 530, 531 and 532 Cockburn Central Station to Fremantle Station – serve Cockburn Gateway Shopping City and

* 534 Aubin Grove Station to Wattleup – serves Russell Road * 535 Aubin Grove Station to Hammond Park West – only serves Aubin Grove Station * 536 Aubin Grove Station to Hammond Park Secondary College – only serves Aubin Grove Station * 537 Aubin Grove Station to Wandi – only serves Aubin Grove Station

Rail

Mandurah Line The Mandurah line, also known as the Southern Suburbs Railway, is a suburban railway line and service in Western Australia, linking Perth's central business district (CBD) with Mandurah to the south. Operated by the Public Transport Authority ( ...

** Aubin Grove Station

References

External links

{{PerthAU-geo-stub Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs in the City of Cockburn