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Community Services & Development jobs in South West, WA

There are 65 Community Services & Development jobs advertised in the South West on ViewJobs, from 31 employers and recruiters. 14 were posted in the last week. The largest group is Aged & Disability Support: 55% of the 65.

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New this week
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By the numbers

65 Community Services & Development roles in South West

14 new roles this week· 36 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time39 (60%)
  • Casual21 (32%)
  • Part-time5 (8%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in South West.

Explore specialisms

Community Services & Development by specialism.

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

36 live rolesAged & disability support9 live rolesIndigenous & multicultural services8 live rolesChild welfare, youth & family services6 live rolesCommunity development2 live rolesEmployment services1 live roleVolunteer coordination & support

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The local market

The South West's community services job market

Figures for the South West combine two ABS regions: Bunbury (SA4 501) and the Wheatbelt (SA4 509). Counts are summed and rates worked out from the sums. 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, Bunbury and WheatbeltCommunity 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
0100200300Legal, social and welfare professionals, Sep: 81Health and welfare support workers, Sep: 30Carers and aides, Sep: 103214SepLegal, social and welfare professionals, Oct: 85Health and welfare support workers, Oct: 34Carers and aides, Oct: 106Legal, social and welfare professionals, Nov: 88Health and welfare support workers, Nov: 34Carers and aides, Nov: 96NovLegal, social and welfare professionals, Dec: 82Health and welfare support workers, Dec: 30Carers and aides, Dec: 86Legal, social and welfare professionals, Jan: 76Health and welfare support workers, Jan: 31Carers and aides, Jan: 81JanLegal, social and welfare professionals, Feb: 79Health and welfare support workers, Feb: 29Carers and aides, Feb: 89Legal, social and welfare professionals, Mar: 81Health and welfare support workers, Mar: 29Carers and aides, Mar: 99MarLegal, social and welfare professionals, Apr: 90Health and welfare support workers, Apr: 27Carers and aides, Apr: 101Legal, social and welfare professionals, May: 83Health and welfare support workers, May: 25Carers and aides, May: 95MayLegal, social and welfare professionals, Jun: 87Health and welfare support workers, Jun: 24Carers and aides, Jun: 84Legal, social and welfare professionals, Jul: 81Health and welfare support workers, Jul: 27Carers and aides, Jul: 82JulLegal, social and welfare professionals, Aug: 89Health and welfare support workers, Aug: 34Carers and aides, Aug: 89Legal, social and welfare professionals, Sep: 86Health and welfare support workers, Sep: 37Carers and aides, Sep: 99222Sep

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

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Online community services job ads a month, Bunbury and Wheatbelt
MonthLegal, social and welfare professionalsHealth and welfare support workersCarers and aidesTotal
September 20258130103214
October 20258534106225
November 2025883496218
December 2025823086198
January 2026763181188
February 2026792989197
March 2026812999209
April 20269027101218
May 2026832595203
June 2026872484195
July 2026812782190
August 2026893489212
September 2026863799222
Unemployment rate
3.3%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · about the same as September 2025[3][4]
Employed people
191,325
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 2.9% since September 2025[3][4]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
1,985
ViewJobs analysis of JSA, September 2026 · up 1.4% since September 2025[2]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
12,815
ViewJobs analysis of DEWR, June 2026 · up 3.5% since June 2025[5][6]
Figure 2: People employed in community services occupations in the South WestAn estimated 15,559 people employed in September 2026: down 0.5% on September 2025, and up 10.1% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 14,129Sep 202114,129Sep 2022: 14,919Sep 202214,919Sep 2023: 15,940Sep 202315,940Sep 2024: 16,354Sep 202416,354Sep 2025: 15,635Sep 202515,635Sep 2026: 15,559Sep 202615,559

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[7]; ViewJobs[8].

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People employed in community services occupations in the South West
MonthPeople employed
September 202114,129
September 202214,919
September 202315,940
September 202416,354
September 202515,635
September 202615,559

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Health care and social assistance jobs, Bunbury and Wheatbelt, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 21,891201921,8912020: 24,921202024,9212021: 27,554202127,5542022: 28,241202228,2412023: 29,355202329,355

Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics[9]; ViewJobs analysis[10].

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Health care and social assistance jobs, Bunbury and Wheatbelt, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
201921,891
202024,921
202127,554
202228,241
202329,355

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Popular Community Services & Development roles in South West

Quick answers

Community Services & Development work in the South West, answered

How many Community Services & Development jobs are there in the South West?

65 Community Services & Development jobs are live on ViewJobs in the South West, from 31 employers and recruiters. 14 were posted in the last 7 days. 39 are full-time, 21 casual and 5 part-time.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[11].

Is demand for Community Services & Development workers in the South West growing?

Demand is rising. Employers in the South West, across Bunbury and the Wheatbelt, placed about 222 online ads a month for community services jobs in the three months to September 2026, up 3.7% on a year earlier (214). Ads for health and welfare support workers rose from 30 to 37 a month. Ads for legal, social and welfare professionals rose from 81 to 86 a month.

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

Who is hiring Community Services & Development workers in the South West?

genU has the most live ads of any direct employer (13). Next are South West Aboriginal Medical Service (8), City of Bunbury (5) and Juniper (3). 31 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[11].

What do Community Services & Development jobs pay in the South West?

30 ads state an hourly rate: $27.75 to $46 an hour, with a typical midpoint of $36.13. 11 more state pay in other units, and 24 of the 65 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[11].

Which Community Services & Development roles are most advertised in the South West?

Aged & Disability Support, with 36 of the 65 live ads. Next are Indigenous & Multicultural Services (9) and Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services (8).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[11].

What is the job market like in the South West overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in the South West, across Bunbury and the Wheatbelt, averaged 1,985 a month in the three months to September 2026, up 1.4% on a year earlier.

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

What is the unemployment rate in the South West?

Across Bunbury and the Wheatbelt, the ABS areas that cover the South West, unemployment was 3.3% in September 2026 (ABS modelled estimate).

Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics[3]; ViewJobs analysis[4].

Are the South West's Community Services & Development jobs mostly full-time?

Most are full-time: 39 of 65 (60%). 21 are casual (32%) and 5 part-time (8%).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[11].

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. Summed over two ABS regions: Bunbury and the Wheatbelt.
  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. 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. Summed over two ABS regions: Bunbury and the Wheatbelt. Rates are worked out from the summed counts.
  5. 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).
  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. Summed over two ABS regions: Bunbury and the Wheatbelt.
  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. Figures for this region are the sum of the SA4 market areas listed. 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, ViewJobs analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Data by Region, v1.6.0. dbr.abs.gov.au. Summed over two ABS regions: Bunbury and the Wheatbelt.
  11. 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 South West, 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). Community Services & Development jobs in South West, WA, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/wa/regional-rural/wa-south-west/community-services-and-development

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