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 Download this table in .CSV format
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