Australia's job vacancies increased by 2.7% in the three months to February 2026, following a revised 0.5% gain in the previous quarter. The growth was led by increases in the construction industry, as well as in customer-facing jobs such as retail trade and accommodation and food services. Job vacancies in the private sector rose 3.2%, while those in the public sector fell by 0.7%. Over the year, however, growth in job vacancies in the public sector remained higher at 4.7%, compared with 3.6% in the private sector. “There were 337,900 job vacancies in February 2026, the highest level since November 2024,” Sean Crick, ABS head of labour statistics, said. source: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Job Vacancies in Australia averaged 139.37 Thousand from 1979 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 474.70 Thousand in the second quarter of 2022 and a record low of 26.80 Thousand in the third quarter of 1982. This page provides the latest reported value for - Australia Job Vacancies - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Australia Job Vacancies - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on April of 2026.
Job Vacancies in Australia is expected to be 310.00 Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Australia Job Vacancies is projected to trend around 390.00 Thousand in 2027, according to our econometric models.