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Construction jobs in Townsville, QLD

There are 19 Construction jobs advertised in Townsville on ViewJobs, from 12 employers and recruiters. 1 was posted in the last week.

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Roles in region
19
New this week
1
Construction ads a month (JSA)[1][2]
76

By the numbers

19 Construction roles in Townsville

1 new role this week· 14 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time11 (58%)
  • Temporary5 (26%)
  • Casual3 (16%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Townsville.

No advertiser breakdown yet.

Explore specialisms

Construction by specialism.

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

5 live rolesForeperson/supervisors3 live rolesConstruction project management2 live rolesEstimating2 live rolesPlant & machinery operators1 live roleConstruction surveying1 live roleConstruction health, safety & environment

Latest roles

The local market

Townsville's construction job market

Figures for Townsville cover ABS region SA4 318. 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 construction job ads a month, TownsvilleConstruction occupations: construction trades, and construction and mining labourers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
  • Construction trades
  • Construction and mining labourers
0255075100Construction trades, Sep: 49Construction and mining labourers, Sep: 3483SepConstruction trades, Oct: 53Construction and mining labourers, Oct: 32Construction trades, Nov: 58Construction and mining labourers, Nov: 30NovConstruction trades, Dec: 52Construction and mining labourers, Dec: 23Construction trades, Jan: 48Construction and mining labourers, Jan: 27JanConstruction trades, Feb: 46Construction and mining labourers, Feb: 30Construction trades, Mar: 57Construction and mining labourers, Mar: 34MarConstruction trades, Apr: 59Construction and mining labourers, Apr: 32Construction trades, May: 62Construction and mining labourers, May: 31MayConstruction trades, Jun: 57Construction and mining labourers, Jun: 32Construction trades, Jul: 54Construction and mining labourers, Jul: 33JulConstruction trades, Aug: 51Construction and mining labourers, Aug: 29Construction trades, Sep: 49Construction and mining labourers, Sep: 2776Sep

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

Show the numbers
Online construction job ads a month, Townsville
MonthConstruction tradesConstruction and mining labourersTotal
September 2025493483
October 2025533285
November 2025583088
December 2025522375
January 2026482775
February 2026463076
March 2026573491
April 2026593291
May 2026623193
June 2026573289
July 2026543387
August 2026512980
September 2026492776
Unemployment rate
5.2%
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.2 points on September 2025[3]
Employed people
126,229
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.8% since September 2025[3]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
2,354
JSA, September 2026 · up 3.8% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
10,145
DEWR, June 2026 · down 0.5% since June 2025[4]
Figure 2: People employed in construction occupations in TownsvilleAn estimated 6,392 people employed in September 2026: up 5.0% on September 2025, and up 28.1% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 4,989Sep 20214,989Sep 2022: 5,364Sep 20225,364Sep 2023: 6,003Sep 20236,003Sep 2024: 6,054Sep 20246,054Sep 2025: 6,089Sep 20256,089Sep 2026: 6,392Sep 20266,392

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

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People employed in construction occupations in Townsville
MonthPeople employed
September 20214,989
September 20225,364
September 20236,003
September 20246,054
September 20256,089
September 20266,392

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Construction jobs, Townsville, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 14,192201914,1922020: 13,431202013,4312021: 13,879202113,8792022: 14,647202214,6472023: 14,759202314,759

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[7].

Show the numbers
Construction jobs, Townsville, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
201914,192
202013,431
202113,879
202214,647
202314,759

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Quick answers

Construction work in Townsville, answered

How many Construction jobs are there in Townsville?

19 Construction jobs are live on ViewJobs in Townsville, from 12 employers and recruiters. 1 was posted in the last 7 days. 11 are full-time, 5 temporary and 3 casual.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Is demand for Construction workers in Townsville growing?

Demand is falling. Employers in Townsville placed about 76 online ads a month for construction jobs in the three months to September 2026, down 8.4% on a year earlier (83). Ads for construction and mining labourers fell from 34 to 27 a month.

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

Which Construction roles are most advertised in Townsville?

Foreperson/Supervisors, with 5 of the 19 live ads. Next are Other (3) and Project Management (3).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What is the job market like in Townsville overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Townsville averaged 2,354 a month in the three months to September 2026, up 3.8% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Townsville?

The unemployment rate in Townsville was 5.2% in September 2026, up 0.2 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[3].

Are Townsville Construction jobs mostly full-time?

Most are full-time: 11 of 19 (58%). 5 are temporary (26%) and 3 casual (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 two construction 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 Construction classification, placed in Townsville, 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). Construction jobs in Townsville, QLD, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/qld/regional-rural/townsville/construction

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