Figures for the Peninsula 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 hospitality job ads a month, Greater MelbourneHospitality occupations: food trades, hospitality workers, and food preparation assistants. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
Food trades
Hospitality workers
Food preparation assistants
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].
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Online hospitality job ads a month, Greater Melbourne
Month
Food trades
Hospitality workers
Food preparation assistants
Total
September 2025
819
616
178
1,613
October 2025
903
677
197
1,777
November 2025
906
617
201
1,724
December 2025
803
558
177
1,538
January 2026
766
509
166
1,441
February 2026
732
531
161
1,424
March 2026
803
557
180
1,540
April 2026
739
505
167
1,411
May 2026
759
508
155
1,422
June 2026
702
520
145
1,367
July 2026
756
619
153
1,528
August 2026
835
697
169
1,701
September 2026
971
814
183
1,968
Unemployment rate
5.3%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.3 points on September 2025[3][4]
Employed people
2,999,966
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.7% since September 2025[3][4]
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[5][6]
Figure 2: People employed in hospitality occupations in the PeninsulaAn estimated 141,185 people employed in September 2026: up 0.4% on September 2025, and up 15.2% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[7]; ViewJobs[8].
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People employed in hospitality occupations in the Peninsula
Month
People employed
September 2021
122,609
September 2022
133,492
September 2023
137,893
September 2024
138,934
September 2025
140,631
September 2026
141,185
Longer-term trend
Figure 3: Accommodation and food services jobs, Greater Melbourne, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
Hospitality & Tourism work in the Peninsula, answered
How many Hospitality & Tourism jobs are there in the Peninsula?
57 Hospitality & Tourism jobs are live on ViewJobs in the Peninsula, from 21 employers and recruiters. 5 were posted in the last 7 days. 34 are full-time, 21 casual and 2 part-time.
Is demand for Hospitality & Tourism workers in the Peninsula growing?
Demand is rising. Employers in the Peninsula, across the area Greater Melbourne, placed about 1,968 online ads a month for hospitality jobs in the three months to September 2026, up 22.0% on a year earlier (1,613). Ads for hospitality workers rose from 616 to 814 a month. Ads for food trades rose from 819 to 971 a month.
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].
Who is hiring Hospitality & Tourism workers in the Peninsula?
Alba Thermal Springs & Spa and Opal HealthCare have the most live ads of any direct employer (8 each). Next are GYG Mexican Kitchen (7) and Mornington Peninsula Hot Springs Spa & Massage Victoria (6). 21 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.
What do Hospitality & Tourism jobs pay in the Peninsula?
8 ads state an hourly rate: $27.56 to $50 an hour, with a typical midpoint of $34.75. 9 more state pay in other units, and 40 of the 57 ads state no pay.
What is the job market like in the Peninsula overall?
Online job ads for all occupations in the Peninsula, across the area Greater Melbourne, averaged 38,170 a month in the three months to September 2026, down 0.6% on a year earlier.
The unemployment rate in the Peninsula, 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[3]; ViewJobs analysis[4].
Are the Peninsula's Hospitality & Tourism jobs mostly full-time?
Most are full-time: 34 of 57 (60%). 21 are casual (37%) and 2 part-time (4%).
[2]ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/internet-vacancy-index. The three hospitality occupation groups combined.
[6]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.
[7]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.
[8]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.
[9]Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region, v1.6.0. dbr.abs.gov.au. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
[10]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 Hospitality & Tourism classification, placed in the Peninsula, 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). Hospitality & Tourism jobs in Peninsula, VIC, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/vic/regional-rural/peninsula/hospitality-and-tourism
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