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Sport & Recreation jobs in Ballarat, VIC

There are 13 Sport & Recreation jobs advertised in Ballarat on ViewJobs, from 6 employers and recruiters. 1 was posted in the last week. The largest group is Coaching & Instruction: 69% of the 13.

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Roles in region
13
New this week
1
Sport ads a month (JSA)[1]
8

By the numbers

13 Sport & Recreation roles in Ballarat

1 new role this week· 9 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time6 (46%)
  • Casual5 (38%)
  • Part-time2 (15%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Ballarat.

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Sport & Recreation by specialism.

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The local market

Ballarat's sport 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 sport job ads a month, BallaratSports, travel and personal service workers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
051015Sports, travel and personal service workers, Sep: 99SepSports, travel and personal service workers, Oct: 12Sports, travel and personal service workers, Nov: 11NovSports, travel and personal service workers, Dec: 9Sports, travel and personal service workers, Jan: 7JanSports, travel and personal service workers, Feb: 7Sports, travel and personal service workers, Mar: 9MarSports, travel and personal service workers, Apr: 9Sports, travel and personal service workers, May: 8MaySports, travel and personal service workers, Jun: 7Sports, travel and personal service workers, Jul: 7JulSports, travel and personal service workers, Aug: 9Sports, travel and personal service workers, Sep: 88Sep

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

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Online sport job ads a month, Ballarat
MonthSports, travel and personal service workers
September 20259
October 202512
November 202511
December 20259
January 20267
February 20267
March 20269
April 20269
May 20268
June 20267
July 20267
August 20269
September 20268
Unemployment rate
4.1%
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.3 points on September 2025[2]
Employed people
91,433
ABS, September 2026 · down 0.2% since September 2025[2]
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[3]
Figure 2: People employed in sport occupations in BallaratAn estimated 1,802 people employed in September 2026: up 9.1% on September 2025, and up 52.2% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 1,184Sep 20211,184Sep 2022: 1,278Sep 20221,278Sep 2023: 1,434Sep 20231,434Sep 2024: 1,503Sep 20241,503Sep 2025: 1,652Sep 20251,652Sep 2026: 1,802Sep 20261,802

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

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People employed in sport occupations in Ballarat
MonthPeople employed
September 20211,184
September 20221,278
September 20231,434
September 20241,503
September 20251,652
September 20261,802

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Arts and recreation services jobs, Ballarat, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 2,75920192,7592020: 2,66220202,6622021: 2,63720212,6372022: 3,05220223,0522023: 3,28420233,284

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[6].

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Arts and recreation services jobs, Ballarat, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
20192,759
20202,662
20212,637
20223,052
20233,284

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Quick answers

Sport & Recreation work in Ballarat, answered

How many Sport & Recreation jobs are there in Ballarat?

13 Sport & Recreation jobs are live on ViewJobs in Ballarat, from 6 employers and recruiters. 1 was posted in the last 7 days. 6 are full-time, 5 casual and 2 part-time.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[7].

Is demand for Sport & Recreation workers in Ballarat growing?

Demand is falling. Employers in Ballarat placed about 8 online ads a month for sport jobs in the three months to September 2026, down 11.1% on a year earlier (9).

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

Who is hiring Sport & Recreation workers in Ballarat?

The Y Australia has the most live ads of any direct employer (4). Next are YMCA Geelong (3), Cave Hill Creek Pty (2) and Derrimut 24:7 Gym (2). 6 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[7].

What do Sport & Recreation jobs pay in Ballarat?

6 ads state an hourly rate: $27 to $44 an hour, with a typical midpoint of $33.50. 1 more states pay in other units, and 6 of the 13 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[7].

Which Sport & Recreation roles are most advertised in Ballarat?

Coaching & Instruction, with 9 of the 13 live ads. Next is Fitness & Personal Training (3).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[7].

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[2].

Are Ballarat Sport & Recreation jobs mostly full-time?

Fewer than half are full-time: 6 of 13 (46%). 5 are casual (38%) and 2 part-time (15%).

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 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). Sport & Recreation jobs in Ballarat, VIC, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/vic/regional-rural/ballarat/sport-and-recreation

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