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Retail & Consumer Products jobs in Townsville, QLD

There are 107 Retail & Consumer Products jobs advertised in Townsville on ViewJobs, from 51 employers and recruiters. 14 were posted in the last week. The largest group is Retail Assistants: 74% of the 107.

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Roles in region
107
New this week
14
Retail ads a month (JSA)[1][2]
166

By the numbers

107 Retail & Consumer Products roles in Townsville

14 new roles this week· 46 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Casual43 (40%)
  • Full-time43 (40%)
  • Part-time14 (13%)
  • Temporary7 (7%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Townsville.

Explore specialisms

Retail & Consumer Products by specialism.

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

79 live rolesRetail assistants18 live rolesStore management4 live rolesMerchandisers

Latest roles

The local market

Townsville's retail 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 retail job ads a month, TownsvilleRetail occupations: sales assistants and salespersons, and sales support workers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
  • Sales assistants and salespersons
  • Sales support workers
050100150200Sales assistants and salespersons, Sep: 145Sales support workers, Sep: 13158SepSales assistants and salespersons, Oct: 151Sales support workers, Oct: 14Sales assistants and salespersons, Nov: 142Sales support workers, Nov: 13NovSales assistants and salespersons, Dec: 126Sales support workers, Dec: 12Sales assistants and salespersons, Jan: 127Sales support workers, Jan: 9JanSales assistants and salespersons, Feb: 129Sales support workers, Feb: 9Sales assistants and salespersons, Mar: 144Sales support workers, Mar: 8MarSales assistants and salespersons, Apr: 126Sales support workers, Apr: 10Sales assistants and salespersons, May: 119Sales support workers, May: 10MaySales assistants and salespersons, Jun: 116Sales support workers, Jun: 12Sales assistants and salespersons, Jul: 125Sales support workers, Jul: 13JulSales assistants and salespersons, Aug: 144Sales support workers, Aug: 12Sales assistants and salespersons, Sep: 149Sales support workers, Sep: 17166Sep

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

Show the numbers
Online retail job ads a month, Townsville
MonthSales assistants and salespersonsSales support workersTotal
September 202514513158
October 202515114165
November 202514213155
December 202512612138
January 20261279136
February 20261299138
March 20261448152
April 202612610136
May 202611910129
June 202611612128
July 202612513138
August 202614412156
September 202614917166
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 retail occupations in TownsvilleAn estimated 7,006 people employed in September 2026: down 6.2% on September 2025, and down 35.9% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 10,926Sep 202110,926Sep 2022: 9,721Sep 20229,721Sep 2023: 8,743Sep 20238,743Sep 2024: 8,305Sep 20248,305Sep 2025: 7,473Sep 20257,473Sep 2026: 7,006Sep 20267,006

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

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People employed in retail occupations in Townsville
MonthPeople employed
September 202110,926
September 20229,721
September 20238,743
September 20248,305
September 20257,473
September 20267,006

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Retail trade jobs, Townsville, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 16,521201916,5212020: 16,545202016,5452021: 17,434202117,4342022: 19,591202219,5912023: 19,991202319,991

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[7].

Show the numbers
Retail trade jobs, Townsville, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
201916,521
202016,545
202117,434
202219,591
202319,991

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Popular Retail & Consumer Products roles in Townsville

Quick answers

Retail & Consumer Products work in Townsville, answered

How many Retail & Consumer Products jobs are there in Townsville?

107 Retail & Consumer Products jobs are live on ViewJobs in Townsville, from 51 employers and recruiters. 14 were posted in the last 7 days. 43 are casual, 43 full-time and 14 part-time.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Is demand for Retail & Consumer Products workers in Townsville growing?

Demand is rising. Employers in Townsville placed about 166 online ads a month for retail jobs in the three months to September 2026, up 5.1% on a year earlier (158). Ads for sales assistants and salespersons rose from 145 to 149 a month. Ads for sales support workers rose from 13 to 17 a month.

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

Who is hiring Retail & Consumer Products workers in Townsville?

Prices Plus has the most live ads of any direct employer (8). Next are Endeavour Group (7), Myer (7) and Domino's (6). 51 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What do Retail & Consumer Products jobs pay in Townsville?

12 ads state an hourly rate: $27 to $36.13 an hour, with a typical midpoint of $34.63. 4 more state pay in other units, 2 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 89 of the 107 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Which Retail & Consumer Products roles are most advertised in Townsville?

Retail Assistants, with 79 of the 107 live ads. Next is Management - Store (18).

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 Retail & Consumer Products jobs mostly full-time?

Fewer than half are full-time: 43 of 107 (40%). 43 are casual (40%), 14 part-time (13%) and 7 temporary (7%).

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 retail 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, 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 Retail & Consumer Products classification, placed in Townsville, 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). Retail & Consumer Products jobs in Townsville, QLD, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/qld/regional-rural/townsville/retail-and-consumer-products

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