The creative industries draw on Western Australia’s unique identity to produce new artistic, cultural and aesthetic-functional products and services for local, national and international markets.
WA creative industries consist of creative services and cultural production industries.
Creative services industries:
- fashion design, graphic design and product design
- games and interactive technologies
- photography
- advertising and marketing
- architecture and interior design
- software and digital content.
Cultural production industries:
- film, TV and radio
- writing and publishing
- music
- performing arts
- visual arts and crafts
- galleries, libraries, archives and museums
- festivals
- community arts and cultural development.
How creative industries align with whole of government priorities
The creative industries are increasingly recognised for their vital role in supporting both economic and social development.
The creative industries is a key focus within the Diversify WA economic development framework, which aligns with the WA Government’s priorities of creating secure, quality jobs, growing and diversifying the economy and attracting investment.
The focus is on building a skilled creative workforce and leveraging cross-sector connections to deliver economic outcomes for the state.
By integrating creative industry policies and programs with broader government priorities, WA can continue to foster a thriving creative economy that contributes significantly to the state’s overall development.
Creative economy
The creative economy can be understood through analysis of the creative workforce. The creative economy consists of specialist creative workers and support workers employed in creative industries, as well as creative workers in other industries.
DLGSC has prepared a fact sheet on the creative economy in Western Australia based on employment and income data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Census 2021.