Local government area 2009 wetland system extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2009 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	172,958,663	299,919	1,135,311	3,900	514,441	37,157	2,831,565	79,557	2,436,466	7,338,316
Aurukun	732,422	3	33,275				34,761		4,295	72,333
Balonne	3,107,355	45,069			1,562	826	8,979	4,055	17,050	77,541
Banana	2,854,895	6,530			2,199	1,140	4,930	749	16,837	32,385
Barcaldine	5,343,597	1,499			6,126	358	28,623	262	31,598	68,466
Barcoo	6,225,666	430			83,842	166	222,679	325	89,977	397,418
Blackall-Tambo	3,058,134	1,299				471	1,567	72	11,984	15,393
Boulia	6,094,529	645			9,230	136	56,199	198	54,835	121,243
Brisbane	133,702	1,541	2,988	262	175	131	2,894	362	1,847	10,200
Bulloo	7,323,473	476			104,371	123	368,266	246	44,015	517,498
Bundaberg	643,060	10,536	4,752	17	13	962	8,634	221	16,057	41,192
Burdekin	501,374	2,915	38,217	497	112	1,665	4,890	9,304	19,137	76,738
Burke	4,008,564	713	157,907			540	49,186	265	84,969	293,581
Cairns	169,322	2,108	5,672	166		4	5,411	10	2,136	15,507
Carpentaria	6,416,153	2,385	310,059		2,835	948	139,762	773	191,418	648,181
Cassowary Coast	468,770	724	24,202	12	10	19	15,355	137	3,785	44,245
Central Highlands	5,979,435	30,627			3,435	2,906	13,685	1,710	56,416	108,779
Charters Towers	6,832,287	17,039			16,419	916	45,342	586	216,224	296,525
Cherbourg	3,176	3					2		22	27
Cloncurry	4,799,944	2,117				682	7,568	147	112,441	122,954
Cook	10,563,819	2,278	114,458		3,759	326	170,123	295	83,940	375,177
Croydon	2,951,075	179				134	28,497	237	48,535	77,583
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	61	4,836	12		8	2,390	1	2,252	9,561
Etheridge	3,922,447	2,523			482	502	25,043	224	113,027	141,802
Flinders	4,122,851	1,416			1,702	649	10,638	381	32,174	46,960
Fraser Coast	710,304	2,334	20,325		2,821	429	30,331	465	8,661	65,366
Gladstone	1,046,695	3,360	51,908	8	22	4,326	8,967	373	11,925	80,889
Gold Coast	131,543	2,606	7,029			422	2,086	521	1,074	13,737
Goondiwindi	1,927,344	15,159			197	622	3,683	1,298	20,033	40,992
Gympie	688,748	1,792	1,317		43	23	14,814	18	7,782	25,790
Hinchinbrook	279,812	437	13,957	2		8	6,782	759	8,903	30,847
Hope Vale	111,037	11	1,261		1,600		6,285	11	1,065	10,233
Ipswich	109,372	569				40	999	70	1,276	2,954
Isaac	5,866,164	11,904	29,871	918	540	3,686	13,732	8,917	84,466	154,034
Kowanyama	251,607	17	12,089		6		9,734	2	13,051	34,898
Livingstone	1,170,135	5,656	69,431	33	121	215	15,153	27,311	22,132	140,052
Lockhart River	360,008	3	9,128		9		1,124		9,814	20,077
Lockyer Valley	226,878	729				383	697	159	5,161	7,130
Logan	95,787	339	158			41	1,207	69	1,064	2,878
Longreach	4,056,045	1,043			48	561	498	17	42,695	44,862
Mackay	759,328	4,972	29,003	54	13	86	5,844	1,432	14,630	56,034
Mapoon	48,778		5,661				5,616		256	11,533
Maranoa	5,870,996	4,311			30	1,416	6,886	629	22,736	36,009
Mareeba	5,336,713	1,933			449	3,986	23,931	119	116,447	146,866
McKinlay	4,073,411	875				123	39,024	176	63,204	103,402
Moreton Bay	203,799	3,397	4,923	1	34	321	8,682	212	2,049	19,619
Mornington	120,483	45	16,532				1,322		4	17,903
Mount Isa	4,326,824	4,381				1,151	10,120	3	125,743	141,399
Murweh	4,069,971	947			881	484	19,753	797	32,725	55,587
Napranum	198,237		15,925				10,946		1,090	27,960
Noosa	86,998	458	628		206	24	10,261	11	2,955	14,543
North Burnett	1,967,052	6,056				271	632	88	18,851	25,898
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	683			6,713	210	124,219	2,254	9,450	143,529
Pormpuraaw	438,212	20	17,156				32,773		1,863	51,811
Quilpie	6,745,556	687			316	179	85,752	189	51,006	138,128
Redland	53,839	215	4,271		310	49	5,923	40	8	10,817
Richmond	2,658,517	728				88	12,446	286	25,493	39,040
Rockhampton	654,851	5,331	20,834	30	555	386	2,968	4,036	5,345	39,486
Scenic Rim	424,149	1,943				58	983	107	3,269	6,360
Somerset	537,367	16,986				11	165	132	8,442	25,737
South Burnett	837,859	5,496				144	394	37	10,105	16,175
Southern Downs	707,747	4,320			30	8	315	44	9,717	14,434
Sunshine Coast	226,350	3,292	2,561	4	3	232	12,396	288	6,078	24,854
Tablelands	1,138,091	6,558			2,111	272	14,348	959	22,527	46,775
Toowoomba	1,297,632	7,328			20	96	829	71	6,365	14,711
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	7,251	16,270	123		277	1,474	1,791	11,323	38,507
Weipa	1,015	9	9				13			31
Western Downs	3,794,333	9,727			286	1,223	3,502	899	13,612	29,249
Whitsunday	2,383,133	21,225	25,735	1,761	14	790	8,499	4,278	58,019	120,320
Winton	5,381,026	1,352			2,295	626	45,198	63	127,837	177,370
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.