Anthony Albanese is deserted by the one group of voters he thought he could count on - as cost-of-living crisis sends them in surprising direction

Labor's traditional working class vote is deserting the Albanese government, according to a new poll.

In an even more concerning development for besieged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, voters with vocational and TAFE educations are not defecting to progressive parties, such as the Greens or Teals, but directly to the Coalition.

The exodus was reported by Victorian-based pollster Redbridge, which found blue collar support for the government had slumped from 36 per cent to 30.

This sees the Government's two-party preferred support with this group drop from 57 down to 48 per cent.

More than half of those polled (53 per cent) said Labor is focused on the right priorities, with only 30 per cent thinking they the government had the right focus.

The dip in support from blue collared workers comes despite Mr Albanese's strong ties to the working class.

Mr Albanese continuously revisited stories from his childhood during his election campaign - recalling how he was raised by a single mother in commission housing.

The Prime Minister even labelled himself a 'working class boy from public housing'. 

Mr Albanese had promised to 'get wages moving' and usher in sweeping industrial relations reforms. Among the promises was closing loopholes used by bosses to undercut pay and work conditions.

The cost-of-living crisis has turned many voters against Mr Albanese who was recently photographed enjoying a glass from a $500 bottle of wine - making him appear out of touch with his humble roots. 

In another ominous sign for Labor, for the first time a majority of voters think Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Coalition are ready to govern. 

RedBridge Director Tony Bary said the trends were not good for Labor.

'A lot of the lead indicator numbers in our polling is moving away from Albanese and will start to drag his vote down if he doesn't take strong remedial action,' he told the Daily Telegraph.

'The Albanese Government's capacity for navel gazing on issues that aren't personally relevant to most voters is starting to become a big political problem.'

On an overall two-party preferred basis the result is almost the same to last year's election with Labor ahead 52.1 to 47.9 per cent. 

Labor's primary vote is almost identical at 33 per cent, while the Coalition at 35 per cent lags the 41. per cent it registered under Scott Morrison.

Previous polling by Redbridge in marginal Queensland and South Australian federal seats found Mr Albanese was not viewed favourably in focus groups.

Participants labeled him a 'beta male' who wasn't fixing their preoccupying concern of rising cost of living

'He hasn't really addressed cost-of-living and I get there's global factors at play but I don't think he's done much concrete action on it,' one participant said.

'I just don't see a lot of action on cost-of-living pressures. He's missing in action and now he's running off overseas again,' one said.

In its latest polling Redbridge also tested views on immigration and found that a whopping 70 per cent of respondents thought Australian cities were overcrowded.

Forty six per cent believed immigration should be cut with only 8 per cent saying it should increase. 

'Voters now readily recognise there is a housing supply and demand issue and they are making a link between that problem, supporting infrastructure and immigration levels,' Mr Bary said.

Australia took in a record 400,000 migrants last financial year leading to concerted pressure on the government to cut the intake.

In a belated response Mr Albanese earlier this month admitted the immigration system was 'broken' and vowed to fix it.