Employment apocalypse: The Australian towns where up to 27% of jobs have disappeared - while one in 12 are gone in the worst affected state

The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out thousands of jobs across the nation, with up to 27 per cent of positions erased in some towns.

One in every 30 jobs in New South Wales have been eliminated since March due to COVID-19 lockdowns.

And on Lord Howe Island, a holiday paradise off the east coast of NSW, almost 30 per cent of jobs have disappeared.

Eight per cent of positions vanished in Sydney's inner city and one in 12 disappeared in the city's eastern suburbs.

More than one quarter of jobs on Lord Howe Island , a holiday paradise off the east coast of NSW

Eight per cent of positions vanished in Sydney's inner city and one in 12 disappeared in the city's eastern suburbs

Seven per cent of workers were furloughed in Botany, Kogarah-Rockdale, Auburn and Canterbury, in the city's south.

Victoria's unprecedented lockdowns have caused the most job losses in the nation, with one in every 12 jobs vanishing since March.

In Melbourne, one in every seven jobs disappeared from the CBD. 

One in ten jobs vanished in Gippsland, Essendon, Tullamarine, Grampians, Wellington, Brimbank, Dandenong, Moreland and Maribyrnong. 

In Melbourne, one in every seven jobs disappeared from the CBD

In Queensland the unemployment rate has jumped to 7.5 per cent - higher than the nation's average of 6.7 per cent.

One in 40 payroll jobs have been struck in tourism, hospitality and and retail industries.

WHERE AUSTRALIAN JOBS HAVE VANISHED 

Lord Howe Island, NSW - 27.7 per cent

Melbourne CBD, Vic - 14.6 per cent

Wellington, Vic - 11.7 per cent

Lower Murray, NSW - 10.4 per cent

Surfers Paradise, Qld - 7.8 per cent

Barkly, NT - 8.4 per cent

Brisbane CBD - 5.7 per cent

Brisbane has been one in 18 jobs disappear, while one in 13 people from Surfer's Paradise lost their positions.

The Northern Territory saw one in 55 jobs erased since March.

Barkly Shire, in the territory's central east, was the hardest hit with one in 12 workers being furloughed.

One in 15 jobs in Katherine disappeared, along with one in 27 jobs in Alice Springs and one in 34 in Darwin.

South Australia saw one in every 46 jobs struck, with Adelaide losing 7.1 per cent of roles. 

Eyre Peninsula and South West suffered losses of 7.2 per cent, Limestone Coast saw a drop of 6.5 per cent, and Kangaroo Island plunged by 6.2 per cent. 

Meanwhile, the number of jobs decreased by 4.6 per cent in Australian Capital Territory,  1.3 per cent in Western Australia and 3.6 per cent in Tasmania.  

Industries with the highest number of job losses nationally include aviation, which suffered a blow of 41 per cent. 

Film, television and performing arts plunged by 22 per cent, tourism fell by 21 per cent and hospitality dropped by 17 per cent. 

Australians in their 20s have been hit hard, with one in 16 jobs held by younger people vanishing.

Centre for Future Work senior economist Alison Pennington told News Corp on Sunday that younger Australians are in danger of missing out on the opportunity to secure their financial futures. 

Brisbane has seen one in 18 jobs disappear, while one in 13 people from Surfer's Paradise lost their positions

Barkly Shire , in the territory's central east, was the hardest hit with one in 12 workers being furloughed

'Full-time jobs are being replaced by smaller part-time jobs that are more likely to be insecure and casual,' she said.

'We will have a generation of Australians locked out of decent work, owning a home, making a family and building a sense of belonging in Australia.'

The federal government have released a blueprint for getting Australia through the coronavirus recession with a JobMaker 'hiring credit' which pays businesses for employing young Australians. 

The payment - which will cost taxpayers $4billion - is $200 a week for employees aged 16 to 29, and $100 a week for people aged 30 to 35.  

University of Melbourne economist Professor Mark Wooden has questioned the focus on age, which he says could result in young people being prioritised over older workers.

He told the Australian Financial Review young people tend to suffer through recessions but they also do better in the recovery too.   

Baby Boomers have been hit the hardest, with one in nine employees in their 70s and one in 16 in their 60s being made redundant.