Figures for Capricorn cover ABS region Central Queensland (SA4 308). 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 health job ads a month, Central QueenslandHealth occupations: nurses and doctors, diagnostic and therapy professionals, health and welfare support workers, and carers and aides. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
Medical practitioners and nurses
Health diagnostic and therapy professionals
Health and welfare support workers
Carers and aides
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].
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Online health job ads a month, Central Queensland
Month
Medical practitioners and nurses
Health diagnostic and therapy professionals
Health and welfare support workers
Carers and aides
Total
September 2025
139
52
51
129
371
October 2025
137
58
55
144
394
November 2025
133
61
55
138
387
December 2025
141
61
49
129
380
January 2026
142
56
47
126
371
February 2026
154
52
47
127
380
March 2026
166
52
53
134
405
April 2026
161
53
46
129
389
May 2026
159
56
42
126
383
June 2026
150
56
39
122
367
July 2026
157
60
44
117
378
August 2026
147
57
49
115
368
September 2026
143
65
51
117
376
Unemployment rate
4.7%
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.3 points on September 2025[3]
Employed people
130,678
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.7% since September 2025[3]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
2,223
JSA, September 2026 · up 0.7% since September 2025[1]
Figure 2: People employed in health occupations in CapricornAn estimated 16,271 people employed in September 2026: up 0.9% on September 2025, and up 14.2% 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 health occupations in Capricorn
Month
People employed
September 2021
14,247
September 2022
16,149
September 2023
16,301
September 2024
16,032
September 2025
16,120
September 2026
16,271
Longer-term trend
Figure 3: Health care and social assistance jobs, Central Queensland, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
How many Healthcare & Medical jobs are there in Capricorn?
184 Healthcare & Medical jobs are live on ViewJobs in Capricorn, from 37 employers and recruiters. 26 were posted in the last 7 days. 94 are full-time, 75 part-time and 14 casual.
Is demand for Healthcare & Medical workers in Capricorn growing?
Demand is steady. Employers in Capricorn, across the area Central Queensland, placed about 376 online ads a month for health jobs in the three months to September 2026, close to a year earlier (371). Ads for health diagnostic and therapy professionals rose from 52 to 65 a month. Ads for carers and aides fell from 129 to 117 a month.
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].
Who is hiring Healthcare & Medical workers in Capricorn?
Medrecruit has the most live ads of any direct employer (74). Next are Ozcare (12) and Bidgerdii Community Health Service (11). 37 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.
What do Healthcare & Medical jobs pay in Capricorn?
32 ads state a yearly salary: $51,000 to $244,313 a year, with a typical midpoint of $93,500. 30 more state pay in other units, 3 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 119 of the 184 ads state no pay.
Which Healthcare & Medical roles are most advertised in Capricorn?
Nursing, with 59 of the 184 live ads. The largest single roles are General Practitioners (43), Nursing - General Medical & Surgical (31) and Medical Specialists (30).
Online job ads for all occupations in Capricorn, across the area Central Queensland, averaged 2,223 a month in the three months to September 2026, up 0.7% on a year earlier.
The unemployment rate in Capricorn, across the area Central Queensland, was 4.7% in September 2026, up 0.3 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 four health 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 Healthcare & Medical classification, placed in Capricorn, 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). Healthcare & Medical jobs in Capricorn, QLD, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/qld/regional-rural/capricorn/healthcare-and-medical
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