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Sport & Recreation jobs in Tropical North Queensland, QLD

There are 12 Sport & Recreation jobs advertised in Tropical North Queensland on ViewJobs, from 6 employers and recruiters.

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Roles in region
12

By the numbers

12 Sport & Recreation roles in Tropical North Queensland

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time9 (75%)
  • Casual3 (25%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Tropical North Queensland.

Explore specialisms

Sport & Recreation by specialism.

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

4 live rolesCoaching & instruction2 live rolesFitness & personal training2 live rolesSport management

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The local market

Tropical North Queensland's sport job market

Figures for Tropical North Queensland cover ABS region Cairns (SA4 306). 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, CairnsSports, travel and personal service workers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
010203040Sports, travel and personal service workers, Sep: 3434SepSports, travel and personal service workers, Oct: 36Sports, travel and personal service workers, Nov: 32NovSports, travel and personal service workers, Dec: 30Sports, travel and personal service workers, Jan: 32JanSports, travel and personal service workers, Feb: 34Sports, travel and personal service workers, Mar: 38MarSports, travel and personal service workers, Apr: 35Sports, travel and personal service workers, May: 30MaySports, travel and personal service workers, Jun: 30Sports, travel and personal service workers, Jul: 28JulSports, travel and personal service workers, Aug: 30Sports, travel and personal service workers, Sep: 3535Sep

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

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Online sport job ads a month, Cairns
MonthSports, travel and personal service workers
September 202534
October 202536
November 202532
December 202530
January 202632
February 202634
March 202638
April 202635
May 202630
June 202630
July 202628
August 202630
September 202635
Unemployment rate
4.8%
ABS, September 2026 · about the same as September 2025[2]
Employed people
144,033
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.6% since September 2025[2]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
2,209
JSA, September 2026 · up 2.7% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
13,185
DEWR, June 2026 · down 0.3% since June 2025[3]
Figure 2: People employed in sport occupations in Tropical North QueenslandAn estimated 3,028 people employed in September 2026: up 3.7% on September 2025, and up 16.4% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 2,601Sep 20212,601Sep 2022: 2,798Sep 20222,798Sep 2023: 2,836Sep 20232,836Sep 2024: 2,726Sep 20242,726Sep 2025: 2,920Sep 20252,920Sep 2026: 3,028Sep 20263,028

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

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People employed in sport occupations in Tropical North Queensland
MonthPeople employed
September 20212,601
September 20222,798
September 20232,836
September 20242,726
September 20252,920
September 20263,028

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Arts and recreation services jobs, Cairns, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 3,62620193,6262020: 3,43020203,4302021: 3,23220213,2322022: 3,95220223,9522023: 4,48320234,483

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[6].

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Arts and recreation services jobs, Cairns, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
20193,626
20203,430
20213,232
20223,952
20234,483

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Quick answers

Sport & Recreation work in Tropical North Queensland, answered

How many Sport & Recreation jobs are there in Tropical North Queensland?

12 Sport & Recreation jobs are live on ViewJobs in Tropical North Queensland, from 6 employers and recruiters. 9 are full-time and 3 casual.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[7].

Is demand for Sport & Recreation workers in Tropical North Queensland growing?

Demand is rising. Employers in Tropical North Queensland, across the area Cairns, placed about 35 online ads a month for sport jobs in the three months to September 2026, up 2.9% on a year earlier (34).

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

Who is hiring Sport & Recreation workers in Tropical North Queensland?

Compass Group has the most live ads of any direct employer (4). Next are NRMA Roadside Assistance, Car Batteries, Member Benefits (3) and Football Queensland (2). 6 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[7].

Which Sport & Recreation roles are most advertised in Tropical North Queensland?

Coaching & Instruction and Other each have 4 of the 12 live ads.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[7].

What is the job market like in Tropical North Queensland overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Tropical North Queensland, across the area Cairns, averaged 2,209 a month in the three months to September 2026, up 2.7% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Tropical North Queensland?

The unemployment rate in Tropical North Queensland, across the area Cairns, was 4.8% in September 2026, about the same as a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[2].

Are Tropical North Queensland Sport & Recreation jobs mostly full-time?

Most are full-time: 9 of 12 (75%). 3 are casual (25%).

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 Tropical North Queensland, 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 Tropical North Queensland, QLD, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/qld/regional-rural/tropical-north-queensland/sport-and-recreation

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