Local government area 2005 wetland system extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2005 wetland system extent by local government area
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Local government area	Total area (ha)	Wetland area by system								Total wetland area (ha)
		artificial and highly modified	intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)	intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified)	lacustrine (natural)	lacustrine (slightly modified)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	172,958,664	291,181	1,135,454	3,887	514,443	36,992	2,833,111	79,306	2,437,986	7,332,360
Aurukun	732,422	3	33,275				34,761		4,295	72,333
Balonne	3,107,355	44,418			1,562	826	8,979	4,055	17,114	76,954
Banana	2,854,892	6,273			2,199	1,140	4,931	749	16,871	32,163
Barcaldine	5,343,908	1,265			6,126	358	28,683	260	31,620	68,311
Barcoo	6,225,666	375			83,842	164	222,679	325	89,984	397,369
Blackall-Tambo	3,058,028	1,268				471	1,570	72	11,984	15,365
Boulia	6,094,500	645			9,230	136	56,199	198	54,835	121,243
Brisbane	133,702	1,649	3,004	270	175	128	2,887	379	1,829	10,321
Bulloo	7,323,473	465			104,372	123	368,271	246	44,015	517,492
Bundaberg	643,060	10,369	4,752	17	13	957	8,649	221	16,114	41,093
Burdekin	501,407	2,861	38,219	498	112	1,663	4,892	9,311	19,166	76,721
Burke	4,008,564	551	157,907			596	49,186	265	84,937	293,443
Cairns	169,322	2,081	5,662	166		4	5,411	10	2,141	15,476
Carpentaria	6,416,297	2,296	310,059		2,835	953	139,777	770	191,383	648,073
Cassowary Coast	468,770	714	24,200	12	10	19	15,374	137	3,761	44,227
Central Highlands	5,978,989	29,745			3,435	2,896	13,837	1,702	56,526	108,142
Charters Towers	6,832,301	16,871			16,420	913	45,391	586	216,306	296,488
Cherbourg	3,176	3					2		22	27
Cloncurry	4,800,047	2,032				677	7,568	147	112,462	122,886
Cook	10,563,820	1,864	114,457		3,759	339	170,131	295	83,946	374,790
Croydon	2,950,931	175				134	28,503	237	48,510	77,559
Diamantina	9,466,497	189			258,321	264	943,631	56	167,474	1,369,935
Doomadgee	182,048	3	13,450				2,900	3	1,063	17,419
Douglas	242,258	43	4,832	12		8	2,387	1	2,252	9,536
Etheridge	3,922,447	2,027			482	502	25,046	224	113,027	141,309
Flinders	4,122,976	1,342			1,702	649	10,640	381	32,310	47,023
Fraser Coast	710,304	2,284	20,324		2,821	423	30,393	447	8,669	65,360
Gladstone	1,046,688	3,237	51,910	8	22	4,331	9,031	373	11,955	80,866
Gold Coast	131,543	2,540	7,037			438	2,091	523	1,077	13,706
Goondiwindi	1,927,347	15,142			197	622	3,899	1,082	20,070	41,012
Gympie	688,750	1,752	1,317		43	23	14,824	17	7,786	25,762
Hinchinbrook	279,886	432	13,952	2		8	6,769	759	8,904	30,826
Hope Vale	111,037	11	1,261		1,600		6,285	11	1,065	10,233
Ipswich	109,316	528				40	1,012	70	1,277	2,927
Isaac	5,866,106	10,759	29,906	900	540	3,557	13,751	9,038	84,629	153,080
Kowanyama	251,607	14	12,089		6		9,734	2	13,051	34,895
Livingstone	1,170,132	5,399	69,516	33	121	202	15,156	27,202	22,151	139,779
Lockhart River	360,008	3	9,128		9		1,124		9,814	20,077
Lockyer Valley	226,928	704				383	702	159	5,176	7,123
Logan	95,787	325	158			41	1,206	69	1,065	2,864
Longreach	4,056,045	1,039			48	561	498	17	42,695	44,859
Mackay	759,329	4,812	29,014	52	13	82	5,895	1,422	14,694	55,984
Mapoon	48,778		5,661				5,617		256	11,533
Maranoa	5,871,241	4,112			30	1,416	6,956	629	22,750	35,894
Mareeba	5,336,639	1,870			449	3,984	23,941	110	116,436	146,789
Mckinlay	4,073,302	794				123	39,024	176	63,233	103,350
Moreton Bay	203,800	3,345	4,914	1	34	280	8,729	219	2,055	19,578
Mornington	120,483	45	16,532				1,322		4	17,903
Mount Isa	4,326,824	4,352				1,151	10,120	3	125,762	141,388
Murweh	4,069,886	922			881	484	19,947	797	32,849	55,880
Napranum	198,237		15,925				10,946		1,090	27,960
Noosa	86,999	456	630		206	19	10,278	11	2,964	14,563
North Burnett	1,967,052	5,846				271	632	88	18,881	25,719
Northern Peninsula Area	101,970	< 1	1,577		76		11,777		1,043	14,473
Palm Island	6,856	11	46			8	55		14	135
Paroo	4,762,843	618			6,713	210	124,321	2,254	9,450	143,566
Pormpuraaw	438,210	6	17,156				32,773		1,863	51,797
Quilpie	6,745,663	676			316	179	85,807	189	51,013	138,180
Redland	53,839	162	4,271		310	40	5,930	42	8	10,763
Richmond	2,658,427	722				88	12,446	286	25,374	38,916
Rockhampton	654,851	5,304	20,836	30	555	386	2,974	4,036	5,347	39,468
Scenic Rim	424,149	1,780				56	986	107	3,275	6,204
Somerset	537,365	16,905				11	165	127	8,469	25,678
South Burnett	837,856	5,406				144	396	37	10,108	16,090
Southern Downs	707,743	4,308			30	8	315	44	9,730	14,435
Sunshine Coast	226,350	3,264	2,563	1	3	205	12,606	309	6,125	25,076
Tablelands	1,138,089	6,546			2,110	272	14,338	959	22,511	46,735
Toowoomba	1,297,638	7,163			20	96	829	71	6,379	14,559
Torres	89,793	92	29,810		96		3,550		510	34,058
Torres Strait Island	47,773		17,930		2		472		470	18,874
Townsville	372,785	7,036	16,284	123		285	1,493	1,791	11,387	38,399
Weipa	1,015	9	9				13			31
Western Downs	3,794,332	9,021			286	1,223	3,555	861	13,622	28,568
Whitsunday	2,383,133	20,565	25,731	1,761	14	788	8,496	4,271	58,107	119,733
Winton	5,381,026	1,312			2,295	626	45,198	63	128,214	177,708
Woorabinda	39,303	23			5	6	246	5	599	885
Wujal Wujal	1,173								22	22
Yarrabah	15,569	3	152				2,202		44	2,401

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of local government areas.

Disclaimer

Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
(e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).

All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.

Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.

Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.