Local government area 2013 wetland system extents
Definition of local government area
based on wetland mapping version 5.0
2013 wetland system extent by local government area Download this table in .CSV format
Local government area
Total area (km²)
Wetland area by system
Total wetland area (km²)
artificial and highly modified
estuarine
lacustrine
palustrine
riverine
Total
1,729,585.7
3,330.8
11,488.9
5,483.0
31,328.9
24,867.8
76,499.4
Aurukun
7,324.2
0.0
339.6
0.1
343.5
39.0
722.2
Balonne
31,073.5
461.2
0.0
39.4
91.1
156.0
747.8
Banana
28,548.9
67.8
0.0
31.3
66.6
186.6
352.2
Barcaldine
53,382.1
16.7
0.0
51.1
317.5
304.0
689.3
Barcoo
62,256.7
5.5
0.0
892.0
2,468.5
887.1
4,253.1
Blackall-Tambo
30,537.3
17.0
0.0
0.0
16.3
108.7
142.0
Boulia
60,945.3
7.6
0.0
97.3
562.6
782.1
1,449.6
Brisbane
1,337.0
18.6
33.2
0.8
37.3
17.9
107.8
Bulloo
73,234.7
4.3
0.0
1,069.8
5,220.6
346.2
6,640.8
Bundaberg
6,430.9
118.0
48.9
3.7
89.4
167.7
427.8
Burdekin
5,013.6
35.0
386.7
6.5
144.9
187.8
761.0
Burke
40,084.8
16.3
1,566.2
0.7
495.8
865.3
2,944.3
Cairns
1,693.2
16.1
58.7
0.3
54.7
21.8
151.6
Carpentaria
64,161.5
27.3
2,935.6
38.7
1,424.9
2,245.3
6,671.7
Cassowary Coast
4,687.7
8.8
245.0
0.2
145.3
38.3
437.5
Central Highlands
59,837.5
325.1
0.0
41.4
155.0
584.1
1,105.7
Charters Towers
68,373.4
184.4
0.0
186.8
467.5
2,062.4
2,901.1
Cherbourg
31.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
Cloncurry
47,999.4
26.4
0.0
0.2
75.8
1,422.4
1,524.8
Cook
105,638.2
23.6
1,278.5
41.6
1,532.2
792.5
3,668.4
Croydon
29,509.8
2.3
0.0
0.4
290.6
515.0
808.3
Diamantina
94,665.0
2.5
0.0
2,610.3
10,065.8
1,649.1
14,327.7
Doomadgee
1,820.5
0.0
134.7
0.0
29.4
10.8
175.0
Douglas
2,422.6
0.9
49.0
0.2
21.8
24.6
96.5
Etheridge
39,230.6
24.5
0.0
13.7
227.5
1,140.5
1,406.2
Flinders
41,199.2
18.7
0.0
64.3
98.5
339.1
520.6
Fraser Coast
7,102.0
23.8
204.0
11.4
332.7
104.0
675.8
Gladstone
10,467.0
87.0
517.9
4.4
93.6
135.5
838.3
Gold Coast
1,315.4
38.0
73.6
5.7
21.6
10.8
149.7
Goondiwindi
19,273.4
161.9
0.0
5.6
54.2
217.9
439.5
Gympie
6,887.3
14.1
13.3
0.3
150.2
74.2
251.9
Hinchinbrook
2,798.1
5.6
143.8
0.0
70.6
86.6
306.7
Hope Vale
1,110.4
0.0
12.0
16.1
55.8
8.7
92.6
Ipswich
1,093.7
6.3
0.0
0.0
11.4
11.2
28.9
Isaac
58,672.9
165.3
300.4
5.7
213.4
841.3
1,526.0
Kowanyama
2,516.1
0.1
189.5
0.1
102.0
131.3
423.0
Livingstone
11,702.5
66.3
725.9
2.6
371.6
225.8
1,392.2
Lockhart River
3,600.1
0.0
100.9
0.2
8.8
97.2
207.1
Lockyer Valley
2,268.8
7.1
0.0
4.5
7.9
56.6
76.2
Logan
957.9
3.2
1.4
0.1
13.6
9.1
27.4
Longreach
40,575.7
16.0
0.0
0.7
5.6
277.9
300.2
Mackay
7,593.3
48.0
290.9
0.7
30.6
152.9
523.1
Mapoon
487.8
0.0
68.8
0.0
50.6
2.6
121.9
Maranoa
58,710.0
53.4
0.0
3.9
55.9
220.6
333.8
Mareeba
53,367.1
57.4
0.0
5.4
221.5
1,237.4
1,521.7
McKinlay
40,734.1
9.3
0.0
0.1
387.6
630.4
1,027.4
Moreton Bay
2,038.0
37.4
50.2
1.1
97.5
22.1
208.3
Mornington
1,204.8
0.0
168.2
0.4
13.6
0.0
182.4
Mount Isa
43,269.1
53.7
0.0
0.0
108.4
1,360.7
1,522.9
Murweh
40,699.7
14.3
0.0
3.8
168.6
350.4
537.2
Napranum
1,982.4
0.0
154.3
0.0
109.9
10.9
275.1
Noosa
870.0
4.6
6.7
2.2
100.5
41.2
155.2
North Burnett
19,670.5
62.1
0.0
0.1
7.1
164.9
234.3
Northern Peninsula Area
1,019.7
0.0
19.2
0.9
122.6
8.4
151.0
Palm Island
68.6
0.1
0.5
0.1
0.4
0.1
1.2
Paroo
47,628.4
8.4
0.0
87.5
1,042.3
118.3
1,256.6
Pormpuraaw
4,382.1
0.1
183.8
0.0
335.1
16.9
535.9
Quilpie
67,455.6
8.3
0.0
56.0
1,254.4
333.9
1,652.5
Redland
538.4
2.5
43.2
2.8
59.8
0.1
108.4
Richmond
26,585.2
8.5
0.0
0.0
99.2
274.8
382.4
Rockhampton
6,547.9
58.1
209.2
4.4
74.6
71.9
418.1
Scenic Rim
4,241.5
29.6
0.0
0.7
12.0
30.1
72.3
Somerset
5,373.6
168.7
0.0
0.3
3.7
72.7
245.4
South Burnett
8,378.6
54.1
0.0
1.4
4.7
79.3
139.6
Southern Downs
7,077.5
43.0
0.0
0.3
3.6
86.9
133.8
Sunshine Coast
2,263.5
24.0
26.4
1.9
118.1
68.7
239.1
Tablelands
11,382.6
69.6
0.0
25.5
153.9
215.1
464.1
Toowoomba
12,976.3
71.3
0.0
2.2
9.8
57.8
141.1
Torres
897.9
0.9
298.6
1.1
34.7
4.0
339.3
Torres Strait Island
477.7
0.0
169.6
0.0
14.4
4.5
188.5
Townsville
3,727.8
71.7
164.3
0.3
31.5
113.4
381.2
Weipa
10.2
0.1
0.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.6
Western Downs
37,943.3
107.7
0.0
5.3
48.3
147.6
309.0
Whitsunday
23,831.4
220.7
274.2
3.6
120.9
541.8
1,161.2
Winton
53,810.3
19.4
0.0
22.8
453.6
1,238.1
1,734.0
Woorabinda
392.9
0.3
0.0
0.0
2.6
6.1
8.9
Wujal Wujal
11.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.3
Yarrabah
155.7
0.0
1.6
0.0
21.1
0.5
23.1
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 and Science, Queensland (2015) Local government area 2013 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2023 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2013/lga.html