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Local government area 2005 wetland system extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 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) lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) palustrine (natural) palustrine (slightly modified) riverine
Total 172,958,711 294,480 1,150,051 4,086 514,040 38,310 60 2,846,218 82,004 2,585,689 7,514,938
Aurukun 732,422 3 33,276 34,777 4,502 72,558
Balonne 3,107,355 44,639 1,562 829 9,523 4,071 17,197 77,820
Banana 2,854,893 6,527 2,191 1,291 5,076 774 17,113 32,971
Barcaldine 5,343,937 1,266 6,864 376 27,740 260 28,997 65,502
Barcoo 6,225,666 391 83,777 165 223,728 330 142,832 451,223
Blackall-Tambo 3,058,028 1,290 471 1,575 72 12,424 15,832
Boulia 6,094,500 645 9,230 136 56,199 198 54,869 121,276
Brisbane 133,702 1,648 3,008 270 175 129 < 1 2,888 379 1,828 10,324
Bulloo 7,323,473 473 104,843 147 1 366,583 269 74,514 546,831
Bundaberg 643,060 10,377 4,836 17 13 970 4 9,129 222 16,918 42,488
Burdekin 501,407 2,923 38,266 510 113 1,742 5 4,759 9,673 22,353 80,343
Burke 4,014,624 559 157,914 605 49,185 265 85,061 293,589
Cairns 169,322 2,074 5,971 166 5 < 1 5,600 10 2,240 16,067
Carpentaria 6,416,297 2,307 315,439 2,785 960 4 143,410 1,196 192,561 658,662
Cassowary Coast 468,768 720 24,218 12 10 25 15,704 137 3,975 44,802
Central Highlands 5,978,961 29,839 3,435 2,894 13,837 1,710 58,536 110,252
Charters Towers 6,832,318 16,952 16,918 938 < 1 39,921 525 207,360 282,615
Cherbourg 3,176 3 2 23 28
Cloncurry 4,800,047 2,032 677 7,752 147 112,462 123,070
Cook 10,563,820 1,868 114,321 3,717 333 171,259 295 84,189 375,982
Croydon 2,950,931 175 132 2 28,503 237 48,070 77,118
Diamantina 9,466,497 189 256,622 280 945,853 56 190,351 1,393,351
Doomadgee 182,048 3 13,450 2,900 3 1,063 17,419
Douglas 242,258 43 4,854 12 8 < 1 2,427 1 2,319 9,665
Etheridge 3,922,447 2,009 482 711 25,505 224 111,931 140,862
Flinders 4,122,976 1,350 1,704 645 4 10,691 382 31,638 46,415
Fraser Coast 710,304 2,285 20,352 2,824 426 7 29,749 492 9,256 65,391
Gladstone 1,046,687 3,229 51,828 124 22 4,334 < 1 9,427 411 12,550 81,925
Gold Coast 131,543 2,538 7,002 432 2 2,087 525 1,075 13,661
Goondiwindi 1,927,347 17,014 212 682 5,512 1,682 20,325 45,427
Gympie 688,750 1,755 1,317 43 22 14,518 27 8,153 25,834
Hinchinbrook 279,886 519 13,998 2 8 7,216 815 9,071 31,628
Hope Vale 111,037 11 1,261 1,600 6,286 11 1,065 10,233
Ipswich 109,316 528 40 1,005 78 1,319 2,970
Isaac 5,866,105 10,899 29,822 928 540 3,511 4 14,173 9,033 85,601 154,513
Kowanyama 251,607 14 20,979 6 10,497 2 13,356 44,853
Livingstone 1,170,132 5,430 69,600 33 121 204 15,372 27,163 22,184 140,107
Lockhart River 360,008 3 9,128 9 1,124 9,814 20,077
Lockyer Valley 226,928 706 420 < 1 704 172 5,157 7,159
Logan 95,787 323 164 40 < 1 1,201 77 1,087 2,893
Longreach 4,056,045 987 48 569 < 1 420 87 49,171 51,282
Mackay 759,329 4,869 29,044 52 13 85 1 5,969 1,479 14,808 56,320
Mapoon 48,778 5,661 5,616 256 11,532
Maranoa 5,871,241 4,237 35 1,417 8,045 798 22,906 37,438
Mareeba 5,336,639 1,878 449 3,980 23,991 109 116,622 147,029
Mckinlay 4,073,302 802 135 39,096 842 63,061 103,936
Moreton Bay 203,800 3,346 4,919 1 34 274 8 8,809 224 2,116 19,732
Mornington 120,483 45 16,532 1,322 4 17,903
Mount Isa 4,320,811 4,352 1,151 10,120 3 125,641 141,267
Murweh 4,069,886 931 881 484 20,095 797 31,165 54,353
Napranum 198,237 15,925 10,971 1,090 27,985
Noosa 86,999 457 629 206 19 10,270 11 2,955 14,547
North Burnett 1,967,052 5,847 271 637 88 19,674 26,516
Northern Peninsula Area 101,970 < 1 1,618 76 13,599 1,051 16,345
Palm Island 6,856 12 46 9 58 14 140
Paroo 4,762,843 650 6,713 213 124,673 2,398 10,768 145,414
Pormpuraaw 438,210 6 17,398 32,774 1,863 52,040
Quilpie 6,745,663 693 249 182 89,018 209 59,700 150,051
Redland 53,839 162 4,141 26 310 54 < 1 5,967 30 8 10,699
Richmond 2,658,427 720 89 12,451 286 27,374 40,921
Rockhampton 654,851 4,825 20,814 46 382 955 2,979 4,041 5,927 39,969
Scenic Rim 424,149 1,787 58 959 154 3,635 6,593
Somerset 537,365 16,910 10 1 180 127 8,675 25,903
South Burnett 837,856 5,408 144 398 37 10,145 16,131
Southern Downs 707,743 4,335 30 8 315 44 8,920 13,652
Sunshine Coast 226,350 3,263 2,569 1 3 205 12,400 309 6,158 24,908
Tablelands 1,138,091 6,573 2,110 297 8 14,414 919 22,793 47,114
Toowoomba 1,297,638 7,196 20 100 849 73 6,495 14,733
Torres 89,793 93 29,626 95 3,961 510 34,285
Torres Strait Island 47,773 17,930 2 472 470 18,874
Townsville 372,785 7,028 16,241 123 283 1,550 1,791 11,728 38,744
Weipa 1,015 9 9 13 31
Western Downs 3,794,332 9,493 256 1,284 4,114 886 13,660 29,691
Whitsunday 2,383,116 20,642 25,794 1,761 14 811 2 8,529 4,271 72,087 133,911
Winton 5,381,026 1,341 2,294 631 45,331 63 138,191 187,852
Woorabinda 39,303 23 5 6 250 5 642 932
Wujal Wujal 1,173 22 22
Yarrabah 15,569 3 151 2,210 44 2,409

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 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2005/lga.html

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