Figures for Darwin cover ABS region Greater Darwin (GCCSA 7GDAR). 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, Greater DarwinHospitality 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, Greater Darwin
Month
Food trades
Hospitality workers
Food preparation assistants
Total
September 2025
33
31
8
72
October 2025
29
28
5
62
November 2025
28
26
7
61
December 2025
29
23
6
58
January 2026
28
24
9
61
February 2026
31
29
9
69
March 2026
33
30
9
72
April 2026
34
27
5
66
May 2026
30
25
6
61
June 2026
27
20
6
53
July 2026
28
23
7
58
August 2026
30
20
6
56
September 2026
32
23
fewer than 5
59
Unemployment rate
3.0%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.1 points on September 2025[3][4]
Employed people
91,007
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · down 0.5% since September 2025[3][4]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
1,869
JSA, September 2026 · down 11.7% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
4,645
ViewJobs analysis of DEWR, June 2026 · down 4.3% since June 2025[5][6]
Figure 2: People employed in hospitality occupations in DarwinAn estimated 4,836 people employed in September 2026: up 4.0% on September 2025, and up 14.0% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[7]; ViewJobs[8].
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People employed in hospitality occupations in Darwin
Month
People employed
September 2021
4,242
September 2022
4,486
September 2023
4,617
September 2024
4,388
September 2025
4,651
September 2026
4,836
Longer-term trend
Figure 3: Accommodation and food services jobs, Greater Darwin, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
How many Hospitality & Tourism jobs are there in Darwin?
72 Hospitality & Tourism jobs are live on ViewJobs in Darwin, from 26 employers and recruiters. 11 were posted in the last 7 days. 40 are full-time, 25 casual and 4 part-time.
Is demand for Hospitality & Tourism workers in Darwin growing?
Demand is falling. Employers in Darwin, across the area Greater Darwin, placed about 59 online ads a month for hospitality jobs in the three months to September 2026, down 18.1% on a year earlier (72). Ads for hospitality workers fell from 31 to 23 a month.
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].
Who is hiring Hospitality & Tourism workers in Darwin?
Compass Group has the most live ads of any direct employer (19). Next are Accor (8), Delaware North (7) and GYG Mexican Kitchen (5). 26 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.
11 ads state a yearly salary: $65,000 to $100,000 a year, with a typical midpoint of $82,500. 16 more state pay in other units, 2 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 43 of the 72 ads state no pay.
Online job ads for all occupations in Darwin, across the area Greater Darwin, averaged 1,869 a month in the three months to September 2026, down 11.7% on a year earlier.
[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.
[6]ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/workforce-australia-caseload-data. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions.
[7]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.
[8]ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/nero. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions. The occupation group is an approximation: Jobs and Skills Australia's job-ads groups mapped to ANZSCO unit groups.
[9]Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region, v1.6.0. dbr.abs.gov.au. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
[10]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 Darwin, counted on 30 Oct 2026.
ViewJobs analysis: a figure that adds up several occupation groups, industries or areas, and the rates worked out from such a sum. 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 Darwin, NT, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/nt/regional-rural/darwin/hospitality-and-tourism
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