The New England North West's hospitality job market
Figures for the New England North West cover ABS region New England and North West (SA4 110). Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads.
Figure 1: Online hospitality job ads a month, New England and North WestHospitality occupations: food trades, hospitality workers, and food preparation assistants. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
Food trades
Hospitality workers
Food preparation assistants
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].
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Online hospitality job ads a month, New England and North West
Month
Food trades
Hospitality workers
Food preparation assistants
Total
September 2025
29
15
8
52
October 2025
29
14
8
51
November 2025
30
13
6
49
December 2025
30
8
fewer than 5
42
January 2026
26
8
fewer than 5
37
February 2026
21
10
fewer than 5
34
March 2026
21
10
fewer than 5
35
April 2026
22
11
fewer than 5
37
May 2026
26
11
fewer than 5
40
June 2026
24
14
fewer than 5
41
July 2026
25
14
fewer than 5
43
August 2026
22
18
6
46
September 2026
22
19
8
49
Unemployment rate
4.6%
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.2 points on September 2025[3]
Employed people
99,310
ABS, September 2026 · up 1.0% since September 2025[3]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
1,405
JSA, September 2026 · up 2.9% since September 2025[1]
Figure 2: People employed in hospitality occupations in the New England North WestAn estimated 4,943 people employed in September 2026: up 3.4% on September 2025, and up 52.6% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[5]; ViewJobs[6].
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People employed in hospitality occupations in the New England North West
Month
People employed
September 2021
3,240
September 2022
4,090
September 2023
4,523
September 2024
4,642
September 2025
4,779
September 2026
4,943
Longer-term trend
Figure 3: Accommodation and food services jobs, New England and North West, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
Hospitality & Tourism work in the New England North West, answered
How many Hospitality & Tourism jobs are there in the New England North West?
24 Hospitality & Tourism jobs are live on ViewJobs in the New England North West, from 8 employers and recruiters. 14 are full-time, 9 casual and 1 part-time.
Is demand for Hospitality & Tourism workers in the New England North West growing?
Demand is falling. Employers in the New England North West, across the New England and North West, placed about 49 online ads a month for hospitality jobs in the three months to September 2026, down 5.8% on a year earlier (52). Ads for food trades fell from 29 to 22 a month. Ads for hospitality workers rose from 15 to 19 a month.
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].
Who is hiring Hospitality & Tourism workers in the New England North West?
Hungry Jack has the most live ads of any direct employer (6). Next are GYG Mexican Kitchen (5), Vineria Luisa Pty (4) and Compass Group (3). 8 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.
What do Hospitality & Tourism jobs pay in the New England North West?
6 ads state a yearly salary: $79,000 to $95,000 a year, with a typical midpoint of $82,000. 3 more state pay in other units, and 15 of the 24 ads state no pay.
What is the job market like in the New England North West overall?
Online job ads for all occupations in the New England North West, across the New England and North West, averaged 1,405 a month in the three months to September 2026, up 2.9% on a year earlier.
What is the unemployment rate in the New England North West?
The unemployment rate in the New England North West, across the New England and North West, was 4.6% in September 2026, up 0.2 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).
[2]ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/internet-vacancy-index. The three hospitality occupation groups combined.
[5]Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/2026-09_nero.zip. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 27 October 2026. Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), September 2026, CC BY 4.0. Experimental estimates.
[6]ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/nero. The occupation group is an approximation: Jobs and Skills Australia's job-ads groups mapped to ANZSCO unit groups.
[7]Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region, v1.6.0. dbr.abs.gov.au. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
[8]ViewJobs, Live job ads on ViewJobs, 30 Oct 2026. viewjobs.com.au.
Method
Online job ads: Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads. Published under CC BY 4.0.
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force: monthly unemployment, participation and employment are the ABS's Regional Labour Force modelled estimates: the ABS combines its Labour Force Survey with administrative data to estimate each labour market region. They are in original terms, not seasonally adjusted, so every change here compares a month with the same month a year earlier. The ABS's labour market regions follow the 2011 boundaries of its SA4 regions, which differ slightly from today's in a few areas. Published under CC BY 4.0.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation: estimated employment by occupation, published under CC BY 4.0. Jobs and Skills Australia's nowcast is experimental: its figures are model estimates of the people employed in each occupation, not a count of them, and each monthly release revises the months before it.
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region: employee jobs by industry, published under CC BY 4.0. The latest ABS jobs figures here are for the year to 30 June 2023. Every figure shows its year.
ViewJobs live ads: ads open on ViewJobs in the Hospitality & Tourism classification, placed in the New England North West, counted on 30 Oct 2026.
ViewJobs analysis: a figure that adds up several occupation groups, industries or areas. The sources publish the parts; the sum is ViewJobs' own, and its reference says what was combined.
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ViewJobs (2026). Hospitality & Tourism jobs in New England North West, NSW, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/nsw/regional-rural/new-england-north-west/hospitality-and-tourism
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