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Local government area 2005 wetland system extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 6.0 metadata

Display areas in
2005 wetland system extent by local government area metadata
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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 172,958,663 291,181 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 2,854,895 6,273 2,199 1,140 4,931 749 16,872 32,164
Barcaldine 5,343,597 1,265 6,126 358 28,682 260 31,620 68,310
Barcoo 6,225,666 375 83,842 164 222,679 325 89,984 397,369
Blackall-Tambo 3,058,134 1,268 471 1,570 72 11,984 15,365
Boulia 6,094,529 645 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 501,374 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 6,416,153 2,296 310,059 2,835 953 139,777 770 191,357 648,048
Cassowary Coast 468,770 714 24,200 12 10 19 15,374 137 3,761 44,227
Central Highlands 5,979,435 29,745 3,435 2,896 13,837 1,702 56,522 108,137
Charters Towers 6,832,287 16,871 16,419 913 45,381 586 216,276 296,446
Cherbourg 3,176 3 2 22 27
Cloncurry 4,799,944 2,032 677 7,568 147 112,465 122,889
Cook 10,563,819 1,864 114,457 3,759 339 170,131 295 83,946 374,790
Croydon 2,951,075 175 134 28,503 237 48,535 77,584
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 4,122,851 1,342 1,702 649 10,640 381 32,191 46,904
Fraser Coast 710,304 2,284 20,324 2,821 423 30,393 447 8,669 65,360
Gladstone 1,046,695 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 1,927,344 15,142 197 622 3,899 1,082 20,070 41,012
Gympie 688,748 1,752 1,317 43 23 14,824 17 7,786 25,762
Hinchinbrook 279,812 432 13,952 2 8 6,769 759 8,901 30,823
Hope Vale 111,037 11 1,261 1,600 6,285 11 1,065 10,233
Ipswich 109,372 528 40 1,012 70 1,277 2,927
Isaac 5,866,164 10,759 29,906 900 540 3,557 13,753 9,038 84,644 153,097
Kowanyama 251,607 14 12,089 6 9,734 2 13,051 34,895
Livingstone 1,170,135 5,399 69,516 33 121 202 15,156 27,202 22,154 139,782
Lockhart River 360,008 3 9,128 9 1,124 9,814 20,077
Lockyer Valley 226,878 704 383 702 159 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 759,328 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 5,870,996 4,112 30 1,416 6,956 629 22,750 35,894
Mareeba 5,336,713 1,870 449 3,984 23,941 110 116,436 146,789
McKinlay 4,073,411 794 123 39,024 176 63,230 103,348
Moreton Bay 203,799 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 4,069,971 922 881 484 19,947 797 32,849 55,880
Napranum 198,237 15,925 10,946 1,090 27,960
Noosa 86,998 456 630 206 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 438,212 6 17,156 32,773 1,863 51,797
Quilpie 6,745,556 676 316 179 85,807 189 51,013 138,180
Redland 53,839 162 4,271 310 40 5,930 42 8 10,763
Richmond 2,658,517 722 88 12,446 286 25,493 39,035
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 537,367 16,905 11 165 127 8,469 25,678
South Burnett 837,859 5,406 144 396 37 10,108 16,090
Southern Downs 707,747 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 1,138,091 6,546 2,111 272 14,348 959 22,528 46,764
Toowoomba 1,297,632 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 3,794,333 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.


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Local government area 2005 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2005/lga.html

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