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Retail & Consumer Products jobs in Ballarat, VIC

There are 44 Retail & Consumer Products jobs advertised in Ballarat on ViewJobs, from 28 employers and recruiters. 7 were posted in the last week. The largest group is Retail Assistants: 82% of the 44.

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Roles in region
44
New this week
7
Retail ads a month (JSA)[1][2]
78

By the numbers

44 Retail & Consumer Products roles in Ballarat

7 new roles this week· 22 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Casual20 (45%)
  • Full-time15 (34%)
  • Part-time5 (11%)
  • Temporary4 (9%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Ballarat.

Explore specialisms

Retail & Consumer Products by specialism.

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

36 live rolesRetail assistants7 live rolesStore management1 live roleMerchandisers

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The local market

Ballarat's retail job market

Figures for Ballarat cover ABS region SA4 201. 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, BallaratRetail occupations: sales assistants and salespersons, and sales support workers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
  • Sales assistants and salespersons
  • Sales support workers
020406080Sales assistants and salespersons, Sep: 46Sales support workers, Sep: 551SepSales assistants and salespersons, Oct: 53Sales support workers, Oct: 5Sales assistants and salespersons, Nov: 51Sales support workers, Nov: 5NovSales assistants and salespersons, Dec: 43Sales support workers, Dec: 3Sales assistants and salespersons, Jan: 44Sales support workers, Jan: 2JanSales assistants and salespersons, Feb: 50Sales support workers, Feb: 2Sales assistants and salespersons, Mar: 63Sales support workers, Mar: 3MarSales assistants and salespersons, Apr: 62Sales support workers, Apr: 3Sales assistants and salespersons, May: 64Sales support workers, May: 3MaySales assistants and salespersons, Jun: 59Sales support workers, Jun: 4Sales assistants and salespersons, Jul: 61Sales support workers, Jul: 5JulSales assistants and salespersons, Aug: 64Sales support workers, Aug: 5Sales assistants and salespersons, Sep: 74Sales support workers, Sep: 478Sep

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

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Online retail job ads a month, Ballarat
MonthSales assistants and salespersonsSales support workersTotal
September 202546551
October 202553558
November 202551556
December 202543fewer than 546
January 202644fewer than 546
February 202650fewer than 552
March 202663fewer than 566
April 202662fewer than 565
May 202664fewer than 567
June 202659fewer than 563
July 202661566
August 202664569
September 202674fewer than 578
Unemployment rate
4.1%
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.3 points on September 2025[3]
Employed people
91,433
ABS, September 2026 · down 0.2% since September 2025[3]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
937
JSA, September 2026 · up 9.0% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
6,385
DEWR, June 2026 · up 6.3% since June 2025[4]
Figure 2: People employed in retail occupations in BallaratAn estimated 5,273 people employed in September 2026: down 3.6% on September 2025, and down 12.5% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 6,028Sep 20216,028Sep 2022: 5,526Sep 20225,526Sep 2023: 5,353Sep 20235,353Sep 2024: 5,519Sep 20245,519Sep 2025: 5,468Sep 20255,468Sep 2026: 5,273Sep 20265,273

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

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People employed in retail occupations in Ballarat
MonthPeople employed
September 20216,028
September 20225,526
September 20235,353
September 20245,519
September 20255,468
September 20265,273

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Retail trade jobs, Ballarat, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 11,052201911,0522020: 11,448202011,4482021: 11,715202111,7152022: 13,641202213,6412023: 14,200202314,200

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[7].

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Retail trade jobs, Ballarat, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
201911,052
202011,448
202111,715
202213,641
202314,200

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Popular Retail & Consumer Products roles in Ballarat

Quick answers

Retail & Consumer Products work in Ballarat, answered

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

44 Retail & Consumer Products jobs are live on ViewJobs in Ballarat, from 28 employers and recruiters. 7 were posted in the last 7 days. 20 are casual, 15 full-time and 5 part-time.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

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

Demand is rising. Employers in Ballarat placed about 78 online ads a month for retail jobs in the three months to September 2026, up 52.9% on a year earlier (51). Ads for sales assistants and salespersons rose from 46 to 74 a month.

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

Who is hiring Retail & Consumer Products workers in Ballarat?

Endeavour Group has the most live ads of any direct employer (5). Next is Universal Store (3). 28 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

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

Retail Assistants, with 36 of the 44 live ads. Next is Management - Store (7).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What is the job market like in Ballarat overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Ballarat averaged 937 a month in the three months to September 2026, up 9.0% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Ballarat?

The unemployment rate in Ballarat was 4.1% in September 2026, up 0.3 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[3].

Are Ballarat Retail & Consumer Products jobs mostly full-time?

Fewer than half are full-time: 15 of 44 (34%). 20 are casual (45%), 5 part-time (11%) and 4 temporary (9%).

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 Ballarat, 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 Ballarat, VIC, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/vic/regional-rural/ballarat/retail-and-consumer-products

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