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Community Services & Development jobs in Mackay, QLD

There are 61 Community Services & Development jobs advertised in Mackay on ViewJobs, from 26 employers and recruiters. 11 were posted in the last week. The largest group is Aged & Disability Support: about half of the 61.

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61
New this week
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By the numbers

61 Community Services & Development roles in Mackay

11 new roles this week· 31 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Casual29 (48%)
  • Full-time22 (36%)
  • Part-time10 (16%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Mackay.

Explore specialisms

Community Services & Development by specialism.

Each specialism has its own page: where the roles are, who is hiring and the latest ads.

29 live rolesAged & disability support19 live rolesChild welfare, youth & family services5 live rolesCommunity development3 live rolesCommunity services management3 live rolesVolunteer coordination & support1 live roleEmployment services

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The local market

Mackay's community services job market

Figures for Mackay cover ABS region Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday (SA4 312). 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 community services job ads a month, Mackay - Isaac - WhitsundayCommunity occupations: legal, social and welfare professionals, health and welfare support workers, and carers and aides. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
  • Legal, social and welfare professionals
  • Health and welfare support workers
  • Carers and aides
050100150200Legal, social and welfare professionals, Sep: 55Health and welfare support workers, Sep: 28Carers and aides, Sep: 101184SepLegal, social and welfare professionals, Oct: 59Health and welfare support workers, Oct: 22Carers and aides, Oct: 97Legal, social and welfare professionals, Nov: 62Health and welfare support workers, Nov: 25Carers and aides, Nov: 101NovLegal, social and welfare professionals, Dec: 56Health and welfare support workers, Dec: 24Carers and aides, Dec: 96Legal, social and welfare professionals, Jan: 57Health and welfare support workers, Jan: 24Carers and aides, Jan: 98JanLegal, social and welfare professionals, Feb: 62Health and welfare support workers, Feb: 23Carers and aides, Feb: 93Legal, social and welfare professionals, Mar: 69Health and welfare support workers, Mar: 25Carers and aides, Mar: 101MarLegal, social and welfare professionals, Apr: 64Health and welfare support workers, Apr: 26Carers and aides, Apr: 97Legal, social and welfare professionals, May: 60Health and welfare support workers, May: 25Carers and aides, May: 90MayLegal, social and welfare professionals, Jun: 53Health and welfare support workers, Jun: 27Carers and aides, Jun: 84Legal, social and welfare professionals, Jul: 55Health and welfare support workers, Jul: 29Carers and aides, Jul: 85JulLegal, social and welfare professionals, Aug: 51Health and welfare support workers, Aug: 32Carers and aides, Aug: 92Legal, social and welfare professionals, Sep: 48Health and welfare support workers, Sep: 31Carers and aides, Sep: 90169Sep

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

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Online community services job ads a month, Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday
MonthLegal, social and welfare professionalsHealth and welfare support workersCarers and aidesTotal
September 20255528101184
October 2025592297178
November 20256225101188
December 2025562496176
January 2026572498179
February 2026622393178
March 20266925101195
April 2026642697187
May 2026602590175
June 2026532784164
July 2026552985169
August 2026513292175
September 2026483190169
Unemployment rate
3.1%
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.3 points on September 2025[3]
Employed people
110,450
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.3% since September 2025[3]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
2,471
JSA, September 2026 · up 3.4% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
5,850
DEWR, June 2026 · up 7.1% since June 2025[4]
Figure 2: People employed in community services occupations in MackayAn estimated 8,673 people employed in September 2026: down 0.7% on September 2025, and up 27.3% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 6,812Sep 20216,812Sep 2022: 7,533Sep 20227,533Sep 2023: 8,476Sep 20238,476Sep 2024: 8,839Sep 20248,839Sep 2025: 8,734Sep 20258,734Sep 2026: 8,673Sep 20268,673

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[5]; ViewJobs[6].

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People employed in community services occupations in Mackay
MonthPeople employed
September 20216,812
September 20227,533
September 20238,476
September 20248,839
September 20258,734
September 20268,673

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Health care and social assistance jobs, Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 11,881201911,8812020: 11,786202011,7862021: 13,999202113,9992022: 14,994202214,9942023: 16,006202316,006

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[7].

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Health care and social assistance jobs, Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
201911,881
202011,786
202113,999
202214,994
202316,006

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Popular Community Services & Development roles in Mackay

Quick answers

Community Services & Development work in Mackay, answered

How many Community Services & Development jobs are there in Mackay?

61 Community Services & Development jobs are live on ViewJobs in Mackay, from 26 employers and recruiters. 11 were posted in the last 7 days. 29 are casual, 22 full-time and 10 part-time.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Is demand for Community Services & Development workers in Mackay growing?

Demand is falling. Employers in Mackay, across the area Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday, placed about 169 online ads a month for community services jobs in the three months to September 2026, down 8.2% on a year earlier (184). Ads for carers and aides fell from 101 to 90 a month. Ads for legal, social and welfare professionals fell from 55 to 48 a month.

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

Who is hiring Community Services & Development workers in Mackay?

selectability has the most live ads of any direct employer (10). Next are ITEC Group Australia (6), Australian Red Cross (4) and MADEC (4). 26 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What do Community Services & Development jobs pay in Mackay?

35 ads state an hourly rate: $30.05 to $108.71 an hour, with a typical midpoint of $43. 5 more state pay in other units, 4 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 17 of the 61 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Which Community Services & Development roles are most advertised in Mackay?

Aged & Disability Support, with 29 of the 61 live ads. Next are Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services (19) and Community Development (5).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What is the job market like in Mackay overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Mackay, across the area Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday, averaged 2,471 a month in the three months to September 2026, up 3.4% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Mackay?

The unemployment rate in Mackay, across the area Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday, was 3.1% in September 2026, up 0.3 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[3].

Are Mackay Community Services & Development jobs mostly full-time?

Fewer than half are full-time: 22 of 61 (36%). 29 are casual (48%) and 10 part-time (16%).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Sources and method

Where these numbers come from

  1. Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/internet_vacancies_anzsco2_occupations_gccsa_and_sa4_regions_-_september_2026.xlsx. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  2. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/internet-vacancy-index. The three community services occupation groups combined.
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force, September 2026. abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/regional-labour-force/sep-2026/MLF1.xlsx. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  4. Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/resources/workforce-australia-caseload-selected-cohorts-30-june-2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 26 October 2026. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (or DEWR).
  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, 29 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 Community Services & Development classification, placed in Mackay, counted on 29 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). Community Services & Development jobs in Mackay, QLD, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/qld/regional-rural/mackay/community-services-and-development

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