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 hospitality job ads a month, Bunbury and WheatbeltHospitality 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, Bunbury and Wheatbelt
Month
Food trades
Hospitality workers
Food preparation assistants
Total
September 2025
72
32
11
115
October 2025
76
35
9
120
November 2025
80
36
12
128
December 2025
70
24
8
102
January 2026
64
22
9
95
February 2026
55
18
7
80
March 2026
54
24
8
86
April 2026
50
21
8
79
May 2026
52
23
9
84
June 2026
49
20
11
80
July 2026
53
28
8
89
August 2026
57
31
10
98
September 2026
68
38
13
119
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 hospitality occupations in the South WestAn estimated 10,579 people employed in September 2026: down 0.4% on September 2025, and up 14.6% 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 South West
Month
People employed
September 2021
9,234
September 2022
9,561
September 2023
9,765
September 2024
10,300
September 2025
10,622
September 2026
10,579
Longer-term trend
Figure 3: Accommodation and food services jobs, Bunbury and Wheatbelt, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics[9]; ViewJobs analysis[10].
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Accommodation and food services jobs, Bunbury and Wheatbelt, 2019 to 2023
Hospitality & Tourism work in the South West, answered
How many Hospitality & Tourism jobs are there in the South West?
77 Hospitality & Tourism jobs are live on ViewJobs in the South West, from 21 employers and recruiters. 7 were posted in the last 7 days. 50 are full-time, 23 casual and 3 part-time.
Is demand for Hospitality & Tourism workers in the South West growing?
Demand is rising. Employers in the South West, across Bunbury and the Wheatbelt, placed about 119 online ads a month for hospitality jobs in the three months to September 2026, up 3.5% on a year earlier (115). Ads for hospitality workers rose from 32 to 38 a month. Ads for food trades fell from 72 to 68 a month.
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].
Who is hiring Hospitality & Tourism workers in the South West?
Accor has the most live ads of any direct employer (22). Next are Heytesbury Pty (11), Hungry Jack (5) and Last Slice Group (5). 21 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.
What do Hospitality & Tourism jobs pay in the South West?
11 ads state a yearly salary: $65,000 to $96,705 a year, with a typical midpoint of $77,500. 11 more state pay in other units, 1 describes pay in words or a form not counted here, and 54 of the 77 ads state no pay.
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 Hospitality & Tourism jobs mostly full-time?
Most are full-time: 50 of 77 (65%). 23 are casual (30%), 3 part-time (4%) and 1 apprenticeship (1%).
[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. 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 Hospitality & Tourism 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). Hospitality & Tourism jobs in South West, WA, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/wa/regional-rural/wa-south-west/hospitality-and-tourism
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