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Community Services & Development jobs in Great Ocean Road, VIC

There are 26 Community Services & Development jobs advertised in the Great Ocean Road on ViewJobs, from 13 employers and recruiters. 3 were posted in the last week. The largest group is Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services: 65% of the 26.

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26 Community Services & Development roles in Great Ocean Road

3 new roles this week· 16 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time16 (62%)
  • Casual6 (23%)
  • Contract2 (8%)
  • Part-time2 (8%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Great Ocean Road.

  • 1Community Support Services By Mpower Inc.5
  • 2MacKillop Family Services5
  • 3Brophy Family and Youth Services4
  • 4CODA2
  • 5Go Care Support Services2
  • 6Carrathool Shire Council1
  • 7Deakin University1
  • 8Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation1

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Community Services & Development by specialism.

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

17 live rolesChild welfare, youth & family services6 live rolesAged & disability support2 live rolesCommunity development

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The local market

The Great Ocean Road's community services job market

Figures for the Great Ocean Road cover ABS region Warrnambool and South West (SA4 217). 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 community services job ads a month, Warrnambool and South WestCommunity occupations: legal, social and welfare professionals, health and welfare support workers, and carers and aides. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
  • Legal, social and welfare professionals
  • Health and welfare support workers
  • Carers and aides
050100150Legal, social and welfare professionals, Sep: 33Health and welfare support workers, Sep: 23Carers and aides, Sep: 72128SepLegal, social and welfare professionals, Oct: 33Health and welfare support workers, Oct: 21Carers and aides, Oct: 73Legal, social and welfare professionals, Nov: 38Health and welfare support workers, Nov: 21Carers and aides, Nov: 64NovLegal, social and welfare professionals, Dec: 36Health and welfare support workers, Dec: 17Carers and aides, Dec: 60Legal, social and welfare professionals, Jan: 40Health and welfare support workers, Jan: 15Carers and aides, Jan: 59JanLegal, social and welfare professionals, Feb: 38Health and welfare support workers, Feb: 16Carers and aides, Feb: 60Legal, social and welfare professionals, Mar: 41Health and welfare support workers, Mar: 20Carers and aides, Mar: 63MarLegal, social and welfare professionals, Apr: 38Health and welfare support workers, Apr: 20Carers and aides, Apr: 57Legal, social and welfare professionals, May: 38Health and welfare support workers, May: 18Carers and aides, May: 58MayLegal, social and welfare professionals, Jun: 36Health and welfare support workers, Jun: 18Carers and aides, Jun: 55Legal, social and welfare professionals, Jul: 38Health and welfare support workers, Jul: 21Carers and aides, Jul: 55JulLegal, social and welfare professionals, Aug: 38Health and welfare support workers, Aug: 23Carers and aides, Aug: 59Legal, social and welfare professionals, Sep: 37Health and welfare support workers, Sep: 23Carers and aides, Sep: 62122Sep

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

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Online community services job ads a month, Warrnambool and South West
MonthLegal, social and welfare professionalsHealth and welfare support workersCarers and aidesTotal
September 2025332372128
October 2025332173127
November 2025382164123
December 2025361760113
January 2026401559114
February 2026381660114
March 2026412063124
April 2026382057115
May 2026381858114
June 2026361855109
July 2026382155114
August 2026382359120
September 2026372362122
Unemployment rate
3.0%
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.2 points on September 2025[3]
Employed people
65,059
ABS, September 2026 · down 0.6% since September 2025[3]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
761
JSA, September 2026 · up 3.4% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
3,355
DEWR, June 2026 · up 7.5% since June 2025[4]
Figure 2: People employed in community services occupations in the Great Ocean RoadAn estimated 6,823 people employed in September 2026: up 3.9% on September 2025, and up 25.5% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 5,437Sep 20215,437Sep 2022: 5,617Sep 20225,617Sep 2023: 5,919Sep 20235,919Sep 2024: 6,179Sep 20246,179Sep 2025: 6,566Sep 20256,566Sep 2026: 6,823Sep 20266,823

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

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People employed in community services occupations in the Great Ocean Road
MonthPeople employed
September 20215,437
September 20225,617
September 20235,919
September 20246,179
September 20256,566
September 20266,823

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Health care and social assistance jobs, Warrnambool and South West, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 12,159201912,1592020: 12,314202012,3142021: 13,787202113,7872022: 14,440202214,4402023: 15,519202315,519

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[7].

Show the numbers
Health care and social assistance jobs, Warrnambool and South West, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
201912,159
202012,314
202113,787
202214,440
202315,519

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Popular Community Services & Development roles in Great Ocean Road

Quick answers

Community Services & Development work in the Great Ocean Road, answered

How many Community Services & Development jobs are there in the Great Ocean Road?

26 Community Services & Development jobs are live on ViewJobs in the Great Ocean Road, from 13 employers and recruiters. 3 were posted in the last 7 days. 16 are full-time, 6 casual and 2 contract.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Is demand for Community Services & Development workers in the Great Ocean Road growing?

Demand is falling. Employers in the Great Ocean Road, across the area Warrnambool and South West, placed about 122 online ads a month for community services jobs in the three months to September 2026, down 4.7% on a year earlier (128). Ads for carers and aides fell from 72 to 62 a month. Ads for legal, social and welfare professionals rose from 33 to 37 a month.

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

Who is hiring Community Services & Development workers in the Great Ocean Road?

Community Support Services By Mpower Inc. and MacKillop Family Services have the most live ads of any direct employer (5 each). Next are Brophy Family and Youth Services (4), CODA (2) and Go Care Support Services Pty (2). 13 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What do Community Services & Development jobs pay in the Great Ocean Road?

9 ads state an hourly rate: $26 to $100 an hour, with a typical midpoint of $48. 7 more state pay in other units, 6 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 4 of the 26 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

Which Community Services & Development roles are most advertised in the Great Ocean Road?

Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services, with 17 of the 26 live ads. Next is Aged & Disability Support (6).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[8].

What is the job market like in the Great Ocean Road overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in the Great Ocean Road, across the area Warrnambool and South West, averaged 761 a month in the three months to September 2026, up 3.4% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in the Great Ocean Road?

The unemployment rate in the Great Ocean Road, across the area Warrnambool and South West, was 3.0% in September 2026, up 0.2 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[3].

Are the Great Ocean Road's Community Services & Development jobs mostly full-time?

Most are full-time: 16 of 26 (62%). 6 are casual (23%), 2 contract (8%) and 2 part-time (8%).

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 three community services 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 Community Services & Development classification, placed in the Great Ocean Road, 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). Community Services & Development jobs in Great Ocean Road, VIC, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/vic/regional-rural/great-ocean-road/community-services-and-development

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