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Sport & Recreation jobs in Melbourne, VIC

There are 186 Sport & Recreation jobs advertised in Melbourne on ViewJobs, from 81 employers and recruiters. 35 were posted in the last week.

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Roles in region
186
New this week
35

By the numbers

186 Sport & Recreation roles in Melbourne

35 new roles this week· 119 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time91 (49%)
  • Casual59 (32%)
  • Part-time31 (17%)
  • Temporary4 (2%)
  • Contract1 (1%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Melbourne.

Explore specialisms

Sport & Recreation by specialism.

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

56 live rolesCoaching & instruction46 live rolesFitness & personal training46 live rolesSport management

Latest roles

The local market

Melbourne's sport job market

Figures for Melbourne cover ABS region Greater Melbourne (GCCSA 2GMEL). 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, Greater MelbourneSports, travel and personal service workers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
0200400600Sports, travel and personal service workers, Sep: 489489SepSports, travel and personal service workers, Oct: 506Sports, travel and personal service workers, Nov: 487NovSports, travel and personal service workers, Dec: 404Sports, travel and personal service workers, Jan: 386JanSports, travel and personal service workers, Feb: 397Sports, travel and personal service workers, Mar: 451MarSports, travel and personal service workers, Apr: 423Sports, travel and personal service workers, May: 414MaySports, travel and personal service workers, Jun: 405Sports, travel and personal service workers, Jul: 428JulSports, travel and personal service workers, Aug: 435Sports, travel and personal service workers, Sep: 451451Sep

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

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Online sport job ads a month, Greater Melbourne
MonthSports, travel and personal service workers
September 2025489
October 2025506
November 2025487
December 2025404
January 2026386
February 2026397
March 2026451
April 2026423
May 2026414
June 2026405
July 2026428
August 2026435
September 2026451
Unemployment rate
5.3%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.3 points on September 2025[2][3]
Employed people
2,999,966
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.7% since September 2025[2][3]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
38,170
JSA, September 2026 · down 0.6% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
133,170
ViewJobs analysis of DEWR, June 2026 · up 8.4% since June 2025[4][5]
Figure 2: People employed in sport occupations in MelbourneAn estimated 50,810 people employed in September 2026: up 1.6% on September 2025, and up 38.6% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 36,658Sep 202136,658Sep 2022: 42,148Sep 202242,148Sep 2023: 46,247Sep 202346,247Sep 2024: 47,916Sep 202447,916Sep 2025: 50,031Sep 202550,031Sep 2026: 50,810Sep 202650,810

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[6]; ViewJobs[7].

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People employed in sport occupations in Melbourne
MonthPeople employed
September 202136,658
September 202242,148
September 202346,247
September 202447,916
September 202550,031
September 202650,810

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Arts and recreation services jobs, Greater Melbourne, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 77,242201977,2422020: 78,739202078,7392021: 74,345202174,3452022: 85,567202285,5672023: 93,381202393,381

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[8].

Show the numbers
Arts and recreation services jobs, Greater Melbourne, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
201977,242
202078,739
202174,345
202285,567
202393,381

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Popular Sport & Recreation roles in Melbourne

Quick answers

Sport & Recreation work in Melbourne, answered

How many Sport & Recreation jobs are there in Melbourne?

186 Sport & Recreation jobs are live on ViewJobs in Melbourne, from 81 employers and recruiters. 35 were posted in the last 7 days. 91 are full-time, 59 casual and 31 part-time.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

Is demand for Sport & Recreation workers in Melbourne growing?

Demand is falling. Employers in Melbourne, across the area Greater Melbourne, placed about 451 online ads a month for sport jobs in the three months to September 2026, down 7.8% on a year earlier (489).

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

Who is hiring Sport & Recreation workers in Melbourne?

State Sport Centres has the most live ads of any direct employer (16). Next are The Y Victoria (11), Government schools (10) and Anytime Fitness (9). 81 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

What do Sport & Recreation jobs pay in Melbourne?

39 ads state an hourly rate: $20 to $70 an hour, with a typical midpoint of $32.50. 22 more state pay in other units, 13 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 112 of the 186 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

Which Sport & Recreation roles are most advertised in Melbourne?

Coaching & Instruction, with 56 of the 186 live ads. Next are Fitness & Personal Training (46) and Management (46).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

What is the job market like in Melbourne overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Melbourne, across the area Greater Melbourne, averaged 38,170 a month in the three months to September 2026, down 0.6% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Melbourne?

The unemployment rate in Melbourne, across the area Greater Melbourne, was 5.3% in September 2026, up 0.3 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics[2]; ViewJobs analysis[3].

Are Melbourne Sport & Recreation jobs mostly full-time?

Fewer than half are full-time: 91 of 186 (49%). 59 are casual (32%), 31 part-time (17%), 4 temporary (2%) and 1 contract (1%).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

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. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Regional Labour Force, September 2026. abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/regional-labour-force/latest-release. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of the ABS's modelled labour market regions, with rates worked out from the sums.
  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. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/workforce-australia-caseload-data. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions.
  6. 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.
  7. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/nero. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions. The occupation group is an approximation: Jobs and Skills Australia's job-ads groups mapped to ANZSCO unit groups.
  8. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region, v1.6.0. dbr.abs.gov.au. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  9. 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 Melbourne, counted on 30 Oct 2026.
  • ViewJobs analysis: a figure that adds up several occupation groups, industries or areas, and the rates worked out from such a sum. 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 Melbourne, VIC, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/vic/regional-rural/melbourne/sport-and-recreation

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