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Sport & Recreation jobs in Townsville, QLD

There are 10 Sport & Recreation jobs advertised in Townsville on ViewJobs, from 5 employers and recruiters. The largest group is Coaching & Instruction: half of the 10.

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Roles in region
10
Sport ads a month (JSA)[1]
26

By the numbers

10 Sport & Recreation roles in Townsville

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time5 (50%)
  • Casual3 (30%)
  • Part-time2 (20%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Townsville.

Explore specialisms

Sport & Recreation by specialism.

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

5 live rolesCoaching & instruction2 live rolesSport management1 live roleFitness & personal training

Latest roles

The local market

Townsville's sport 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 sport job ads a month, TownsvilleSports, travel and personal service workers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
0102030Sports, travel and personal service workers, Sep: 2323SepSports, travel and personal service workers, Oct: 24Sports, travel and personal service workers, Nov: 22NovSports, travel and personal service workers, Dec: 20Sports, travel and personal service workers, Jan: 22JanSports, travel and personal service workers, Feb: 24Sports, travel and personal service workers, Mar: 24MarSports, travel and personal service workers, Apr: 22Sports, travel and personal service workers, May: 20MaySports, travel and personal service workers, Jun: 19Sports, travel and personal service workers, Jul: 19JulSports, travel and personal service workers, Aug: 20Sports, travel and personal service workers, Sep: 2626Sep

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

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Online sport job ads a month, Townsville
MonthSports, travel and personal service workers
September 202523
October 202524
November 202522
December 202520
January 202622
February 202624
March 202624
April 202622
May 202620
June 202619
July 202619
August 202620
September 202626
Unemployment rate
5.2%
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.2 points on September 2025[2]
Employed people
126,229
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.8% since September 2025[2]
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[3]
Figure 2: People employed in sport occupations in TownsvilleAn estimated 1,244 people employed in September 2026: up 5.2% on September 2025, and up 13.1% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 1,100Sep 20211,100Sep 2022: 1,130Sep 20221,130Sep 2023: 1,075Sep 20231,075Sep 2024: 1,085Sep 20241,085Sep 2025: 1,182Sep 20251,182Sep 2026: 1,244Sep 20261,244

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[4]; ViewJobs[5].

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People employed in sport occupations in Townsville
MonthPeople employed
September 20211,100
September 20221,130
September 20231,075
September 20241,085
September 20251,182
September 20261,244

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Arts and recreation services jobs, Townsville, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 2,85120192,8512020: 2,66820202,6682021: 3,01620213,0162022: 3,40320223,4032023: 3,76420233,764

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[6].

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Arts and recreation services jobs, Townsville, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
20192,851
20202,668
20213,016
20223,403
20233,764

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Quick answers

Sport & Recreation work in Townsville, answered

How many Sport & Recreation jobs are there in Townsville?

10 Sport & Recreation jobs are live on ViewJobs in Townsville, from 5 employers and recruiters. 5 are full-time, 3 casual and 2 part-time.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[7].

Is demand for Sport & Recreation workers in Townsville growing?

Demand is rising. Employers in Townsville placed about 26 online ads a month for sport jobs in the three months to September 2026, up 13.0% on a year earlier (23).

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

Who is hiring Sport & Recreation workers in Townsville?

Kingpin has the most live ads of any direct employer (4). Next is Compass Group (3). 5 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[7].

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[2].

Are Townsville Sport & Recreation jobs mostly full-time?

Half are full-time: 5 of 10 (50%). 3 are casual (30%) and 2 part-time (20%).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[7].

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. 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.
  3. 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).
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region, v1.6.0. dbr.abs.gov.au. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  7. 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 Sport & Recreation 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). Sport & Recreation jobs in Townsville, QLD, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/qld/regional-rural/townsville/sport-and-recreation

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