Arts and recreation services skills and workforce snapshot
Workforce overview
Victoria’s 14th largest employing industry:
- 77,000 people employed
- 2.1% of the Victorian workforce.
Top employing jobs in the industry:
- Sports coaches, instructors and officials
- Amusement, fitness and sport centre managers.
Workforce profile
- The workforce has an even sex distribution
- Just over half of the people employed in the industry work in the sports and recreation activities industry sub-sector
- Higher proportion of First Nations workers (1.1% compared to 0.7% statewide)
- Higher proportion of workers aged 15 to 24 (24% compared to 14% statewide).
Projections
Future workforce projections:
- 3,600 new workers expected by 2028
- The sports and recreation activities sub-industry represents over half of the industry’s total and is expected to have 2,300 new workers by 2028.
Top growing jobs in the industry are:
- Animal attendants and trainers, +320 new workers by 2028
- Greenkeepers, +180 new workers by 2028.
Regional outlook
Regions expecting the highest share of new workers:
- Melbourne: Inner metropolitan Melbourne and Western metropolitan Melbourne
- Regional: Barwon and Gippsland.
Skills demand
Top growing jobs in the industry have diverse skill level requirements:
- Higher skilled jobs are generally correlated with higher retention rates in the industry.
Most in-demand industry specific skills:
- First aid
- Safety and security.
Skills supply
Popular vocational education and training courses:
- Certificate III in Sport, Aquatics and Recreation
- Certificate III in Music.
Popular university study areas:
- Business management
- Management and commerce.
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