If you are travelling around Australia without your own accommodation, and wanting to pick up a job, you may want to get jobs in Australia with accommodation. Why? Well, a live-in job means you kill two birds with the one stone, if I can say that! You not only get a job, but a place to live also. These types of live-in jobs are not only great for working holiday makers to Australia who want to backpack around Australia, but also for locals who are travelling their own country and want to make some money to help fund their Aussie travels.

If you are worried about your budget while on your Australian travels, there are some great opportunities out there that not only provide employment but also include the added perk of accommodation. Accommodation may be very basic and you may have to share it with other workers, but at least you have somewhere to stay! And if you are travelling with your family in your own caravan or campervan some employers allow you to park up your travelling home and don’t mind kids in tow.

There are many travel jobs in Australia, but not all offer accommodation as part of the package. Here are 9 jobs in Australia with accommodation included, that don’t always need experience.

Jobs in Australia With Accommodation

1. Live-in Au Pair, Mother’s Help and Nanny Jobs

When I first moved to London on a UK working holiday visa, I got a job as a live-in Mother’s Help. If you are wondering what a mother’s help is well, it is someone who is there to help the mum. You are somewhere in between an Au Pair and a qualified nanny. You help the mother with jobs such as looking after any children, doing light housework and maybe cooking some meals. The best things about this type of work was I didn’t need any experience and the job was live-in. So because the job was live-in, this took care of finding a job and somewhere to live in the one hit.

Now on my return to Australia, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that live-in child care jobs are available. You may or may not need some sort of child care qualification but you will need a Working With Children Check (WWC) and probably a Police Check. Jobs are for varying lengths and the best way to get such as job is usually through an agency: Google nanny agencies in Australia – but here are some I found:

Australian Nanny Agency
The Nanny Collective
We need a Nanny 

2. Hostel & Hotel with Accommodation

As you travel around Australia you will need somewhere to sleep every night. Your choice of accommodation available can include a bed in a hostel or hotel or you might be towing it and living in it. But if you stay in accommodation each night you will have someone checking you in, cleaning your room and other areas and maybe serving you breakfast. Many of these people are actually travellers themselves and are either working for the accommodation for a wage or have agreed to exchange work for accommodation because they might not have a visa allowing them to work.

Many of these jobs in hostels and hotels (and caravan parks – more on those further on in this post) often don’t need any qualifications or prior experience. So if you are looking for a job in Australia with accommodation, even jobs for couples in Australia with accommodation, consider asking where you are staying for the night if any jobs are going.

READ MORE: Get a Job in a Hostel in Australia.

3. TrustedHousesitters – House and Pet Sitting with Accommodation

One of the biggest expenses while traveling is the cost of accommodation. What would you say if I said you can travel Australia with free accommodation by simply house and pet sitting. Some people treat house and pet sitting as jobs abroad with accommodation but in most cases, you don’t get paid. Though, I have heard of some people who do receive a small stipend as well as the accommodation.

A house sitter basically looks after a house while the resident is away. They may need to look after a pet, water the plants and put the rubbish bins out. Australia, like other countries around the world are embracing housesitting and petsitting. One of the best ways to find a housesitting job is through an agency such as TrustedHousesitters. 

READ MORE: How to housesit and never pay for accommodation again

My first house sitting jobs was in a beach house – check out that view!

4. Caravan Park Jobs with Accommodation

Australia has many caravan parks enabling people to camp or park up their van for a night or more. To ensure the caravan park runs smoothly staff are required to ensure this. Jobs can be cleaning the ablutions block to the on-site vans, doing general maintenance around the park and working in the office, taking reservations and checking in and out visitors. Many people who work in caravan parks are often travellers. Depending on the caravan park and whether or not you have your own accommodation with you, the caravan park may offer accommodation to attract you to work for them. But many will allow you to park up your van for free while you work.

Some of the big caravan park chains have information on their sites. Check out

Big4
Discovery Parks
Family Parks 

READ MORE: How to Get a Caravan Park Jobs in Australia

5. Working on a Yacht

Do you love being on the water? Well if you do, consider getting a job on a yacht. Working on a yacht as a first mate, chef, stewardess, yoga instructor or even a scuba diving instructor is a very cool experience while working in Australia. Who wouldn’t want to spend their days sailing around the Whitsundays, Great Barrier Reef or even Sydney Harbour. While sailing, your accommodation will be included, but you may need a base when on the land – unless your employer will allow you to live aboard the boat while docked.

6. Seasonal Summer Jobs in Australia with Accommodation

There are many summer seasonal jobs the working traveller can get. Perhaps a job picking fruit and vegetables in Australia where fruit picking jobs with accommodation can be found. Maybe working in a bar or a cafe by the beach or remote location. Many service stations require staff as do outback pubs to service the people as they travel Australia and stop at different locations. Or pick up other hospitality jobs which increase during the summer months. You could even get a job with accommodation at some of Australia’s resorts because they are remote. Such as on some of the islands in the Great Barrier Reef, or in Uluru or Kakadu! How cool would it be to work here!

7. Seasonal Winter Jobs in Australia with Accommodation

If you love the cold weather and particularly the snow, you might consider working a season in an Australian ski resort. Jobs abound in ski resorts as large numbers of staff are required to ensure all the services of the resort are met. From hospitality jobs to ski instructor jobs, all these jobs must be filled. As well as a wage many of these jobs come with accommodation included. Australian ski resorts can be found in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania.

READ MORE: Work and Ski Australia

8. Picking Fruit and Vegetables in Australia

Australia has a well established harvest trail. You can easily work your way around Australia picking fruit and vegetables non-stop, and many do. Some growers provide accommodation to entice workers to help them pick and sort their crops. In far North Queensland there are many backpacker hostels that work in conjunction with farmers by providing accommodation and transport to and from the farm. Most of the accommodation is basic or you may have your own that you can park up.

READ MORE: Picking Fruit and Vegetables around Australia

9.WWOOF

WWOOF stands for Willing Workers on Organic Farms and is a world-wide organisation. You don’t necessarily get paid for WWOOFing as it is basically an exchange program where in exchange for your work you receive accommodation and food. Plus learn different ways of farming. And you don’t need experience to WWOOF, you only need a willingness to work and learn. To WWOOF, you will need to join WWOOF Australia, and then you will be able to contact WWOOF hosts and travel Australia with jobs with accommodation.

READ MORE: How you can WWOOF your way around Australia

Final Thoughts on Jobs in Australia with Accommodation

As you can see, there are quite a number of ways to work in Australia with free accommodation that require little or no experience. So what are you waiting for? Have you had jobs in Australia with accommodation no experience required? I’d love to hear.