Local government area 2017 wetland system extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2017 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	172,958,664	312,519	1,134,644	4,197	514,431	37,575	2,829,609	80,643	2,429,801	7,343,419
Aurukun	732,422	3	33,275				34,761		4,295	72,333
Balonne	3,107,355	45,693			1,562	826	8,880	4,055	16,946	77,962
Banana	2,854,892	7,124			2,199	1,140	4,828	749	16,742	32,782
Barcaldine	5,343,908	1,634			6,126	358	28,631	262	31,429	68,440
Barcoo	6,225,666	436			83,842	166	222,679	325	89,977	397,424
Blackall-Tambo	3,058,028	1,320				471	1,565	72	11,931	15,359
Boulia	6,094,500	665			9,230	136	56,199	198	54,834	121,262
Brisbane	133,702	1,508	2,893	264	175	137	2,876	354	1,851	10,059
Bulloo	7,323,473	483			104,361	133	368,258	246	44,015	517,496
Bundaberg	643,060	10,633	4,734	17	13	968	8,577	221	15,991	41,155
Burdekin	501,407	2,988	37,968	498	112	1,692	4,905	9,556	19,060	76,779
Burke	4,008,564	979	157,907			536	49,183	265	84,969	293,840
Cairns	169,322	2,106	5,673	165		4	5,416	10	2,150	15,524
Carpentaria	6,416,297	2,575	310,056		2,835	960	139,729	803	191,576	648,534
Cassowary Coast	468,770	740	24,201	12	10	19	15,298	143	3,771	44,195
Central Highlands	5,978,989	32,048			3,435	2,920	13,436	1,680	56,290	109,809
Charters Towers	6,832,301	17,160			16,420	921	45,363	586	216,341	296,790
Cherbourg	3,176	3					2		22	27
Cloncurry	4,800,047	2,481				682	7,567	147	112,178	123,055
Cook	10,563,820	2,666	114,458		3,759	329	170,069	295	83,909	375,484
Croydon	2,950,931	202				134	28,494	237	48,504	77,570
Diamantina	9,466,497	193			258,321	266	943,626	56	167,474	1,369,935
Doomadgee	182,048	3	13,450				2,900	3	1,063	17,419
Douglas	242,258	62	4,835	12		8	2,388	1	2,253	9,561
Etheridge	3,922,447	2,630			482	500	24,865	224	109,177	137,878
Flinders	4,122,976	1,425			1,702	650	10,636	381	32,288	47,081
Fraser Coast	710,304	2,399	20,325		2,821	430	30,304	465	8,637	65,382
Gladstone	1,046,688	3,924	51,562	33	22	4,457	8,919	373	11,892	81,183
Gold Coast	131,543	2,672	7,032			421	2,077	532	1,078	13,812
Goondiwindi	1,927,347	15,549			197	622	3,630	1,285	19,909	41,193
Gympie	688,750	1,858	1,317		43	23	14,805	18	7,776	25,841
Hinchinbrook	279,886	441	13,965	2		8	6,766	759	8,902	30,841
Hope Vale	111,037	14	1,261		1,600		6,285	11	1,065	10,236
Ipswich	109,316	575				40	987	70	1,292	2,964
Isaac	5,866,106	14,809	29,848	918	540	3,700	13,701	8,966	83,787	156,268
Kowanyama	251,607	28	12,089		6		9,734	2	13,051	34,910
Livingstone	1,170,132	5,991	69,428	33	121	215	15,019	27,316	22,077	140,200
Lockhart River	360,008	3	9,134		9		1,124		9,814	20,082
Lockyer Valley	226,928	765				383	694	159	5,155	7,155
Logan	95,787	353	158			41	1,209	66	1,064	2,890
Longreach	4,056,045	1,075			48	561	498	17	42,608	44,807
Mackay	759,329	5,066	29,055	54	13	93	5,776	1,432	14,581	56,070
Mapoon	48,778		5,661				5,616		256	11,533
Maranoa	5,871,241	4,719			30	1,417	6,843	629	22,712	36,350
Mareeba	5,336,639	2,002			449	3,987	23,855	121	116,441	146,855
Mckinlay	4,073,302	938				123	39,018	176	63,206	103,460
Moreton Bay	203,800	3,466	4,919	1	34	409	8,610	242	2,058	19,740
Mornington	120,483	45	16,532				1,322		4	17,903
Mount Isa	4,326,824	4,474				1,155	10,120	3	125,741	141,494
Murweh	4,069,886	967			881	484	19,684	797	32,328	55,142
Napranum	198,237		15,925				10,946		1,090	27,960
Noosa	86,999	458	628		206	24	10,258	11	2,949	14,533
North Burnett	1,967,052	6,209				272	624	108	18,759	25,971
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	709			6,713	210	124,150	2,254	9,426	143,462
Pormpuraaw	438,210	46	17,156				32,773		1,863	51,837
Quilpie	6,745,663	705			316	179	85,741	189	51,005	138,134
Redland	53,839	248	4,271		310	52	5,923	40	9	10,852
Richmond	2,658,427	756				88	12,442	286	25,353	38,925
Rockhampton	654,851	5,388	20,834	30	555	399	2,923	4,037	5,345	39,512
Scenic Rim	424,149	3,173				57	975	107	3,154	7,467
Somerset	537,365	17,040				16	161	130	8,421	25,768
South Burnett	837,856	5,537				144	387	37	10,104	16,208
Southern Downs	707,743	4,339			30	8	315	44	9,701	14,437
Sunshine Coast	226,350	2,398	2,571	282	3	285	12,289	909	6,058	24,794
Tablelands	1,138,089	6,571			2,110	277	14,338	959	22,499	46,754
Toowoomba	1,297,638	7,505			20	96	748	71	6,346	14,788
Torres	89,793	92	29,814		96		3,550		510	34,062
Torres Strait Island	47,773		17,928		2		472		470	18,872
Townsville	372,785	7,389	16,260	114		283	1,462	1,793	11,305	38,607
Weipa	1,015	9	9				13			31
Western Downs	3,794,332	10,793			286	1,224	3,499	907	13,577	30,286
Whitsunday	2,383,133	21,808	25,735	1,761	14	790	8,415	4,385	57,828	120,737
Winton	5,381,026	1,417			2,295	630	45,198	63	127,837	177,440
Woorabinda	39,303	24			5	6	246	5	599	886
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.