Australia’s most vulnerable jobseekers are being squeezed out of the workforce as entry-level jobs disappear at their fastest rate in a decade, a new national snapshot has revealed.

Anglicare Australia’s Jobs Availability Snapshot 2025, released on Thursday, paints a stark picture of a labour market where older Australians, people with disability and those without formal qualifications are being forced to compete for jobs that simply no longer exist.

The annual analysis tracks how many positions are realistically open to people without recent experience or training.

This year’s findings show an unprecedented mismatch, with 39 people on JobSeeker fighting for every entry-level vacancy and 25 of them facing significant barriers to work, which is the highest ratio in the report’s history.

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