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Local government area 2017 wetland system extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2017 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 172,958,711 316,760 1,149,172 4,396 513,943 39,071 61 2,841,642 83,794 2,577,092 7,525,930
Aurukun 732,422 3 33,276 34,777 4,502 72,558
Balonne 3,107,355 46,132 1,562 829 9,321 4,162 17,029 79,036
Banana 2,854,893 7,505 2,105 1,291 4,952 782 17,060 33,695
Barcaldine 5,343,937 1,648 6,864 376 27,700 262 28,881 65,731
Barcoo 6,225,666 464 83,777 167 223,726 330 142,819 451,282
Blackall-Tambo 3,058,028 1,342 471 1,571 72 12,371 15,827
Boulia 6,094,500 665 9,230 136 56,199 198 54,868 121,295
Brisbane 133,702 1,508 2,897 264 175 137 1 2,876 354 1,849 10,062
Bulloo 7,323,473 492 104,832 156 1 366,570 269 74,480 546,800
Bundaberg 643,060 10,637 4,812 17 13 982 4 9,094 222 16,801 42,583
Burdekin 501,407 3,129 38,015 511 112 1,770 1 4,753 9,941 22,267 80,500
Burke 4,014,624 987 157,914 544 49,182 265 85,093 293,986
Cairns 169,322 2,106 5,973 165 22 < 1 5,585 10 2,236 16,098
Carpentaria 6,416,297 2,588 315,436 2,785 1,050 4 143,031 1,476 192,709 659,079
Cassowary Coast 468,768 752 24,222 12 10 26 15,599 143 3,966 44,732
Central Highlands 5,978,961 32,164 3,436 2,917 2 13,437 1,687 58,214 111,856
Charters Towers 6,832,318 17,244 16,918 949 < 1 39,918 525 207,197 282,751
Cherbourg 3,176 3 2 23 28
Cloncurry 4,800,047 2,481 682 7,751 147 112,178 123,239
Cook 10,563,820 2,667 114,322 3,717 328 171,190 295 84,143 376,662
Croydon 2,950,931 202 132 2 28,494 237 48,063 77,130
Diamantina 9,466,497 207 256,621 282 945,847 56 190,352 1,393,365
Doomadgee 182,048 3 13,450 2,900 3 1,063 17,419
Douglas 242,258 62 4,855 12 9 < 1 2,424 1 2,317 9,681
Etheridge 3,922,447 2,442 482 708 25,324 224 108,082 137,263
Flinders 4,122,976 1,433 1,704 646 4 10,683 382 31,616 46,468
Fraser Coast 710,304 2,399 20,353 2,824 434 7 29,647 511 9,234 65,409
Gladstone 1,046,687 3,918 51,480 149 22 4,461 < 1 9,322 415 12,493 82,261
Gold Coast 131,543 2,652 6,982 425 2 2,078 534 1,075 13,748
Goondiwindi 1,927,347 17,705 212 684 4,894 1,934 20,194 45,623
Gympie 688,750 1,862 1,317 43 22 14,500 28 8,142 25,913
Hinchinbrook 279,886 532 14,001 2 8 7,168 812 9,068 31,591
Hope Vale 111,037 14 1,261 1,600 6,286 11 1,065 10,237
Ipswich 109,316 578 43 988 74 1,334 3,016
Isaac 5,866,105 15,099 29,765 946 540 3,658 4 14,140 8,972 84,640 157,763
Kowanyama 251,607 28 20,979 6 10,497 2 13,356 44,867
Livingstone 1,170,132 6,042 69,511 33 121 217 15,235 27,278 22,110 140,547
Lockhart River 360,008 3 9,134 9 1,124 9,814 20,082
Lockyer Valley 226,928 769 421 < 1 694 172 5,135 7,192
Logan 95,787 351 165 40 < 1 1,204 73 1,086 2,920
Longreach 4,056,045 1,024 48 569 < 1 420 87 49,082 51,230
Mackay 759,329 5,122 29,066 54 13 97 1 5,846 1,489 14,696 56,383
Mapoon 48,778 5,661 5,614 256 11,531
Maranoa 5,871,241 4,910 35 1,418 7,896 799 22,799 37,857
Mareeba 5,336,639 2,010 449 3,984 23,905 120 116,650 147,118
Mckinlay 4,073,302 948 135 39,090 842 63,033 104,049
Moreton Bay 203,800 3,468 4,916 1 34 401 8 8,687 246 2,119 19,881
Mornington 120,483 45 16,532 1,322 4 17,903
Mount Isa 4,320,811 4,474 1,155 10,120 3 125,620 141,373
Murweh 4,069,886 978 881 484 19,832 797 30,631 53,603
Napranum 198,237 15,925 10,971 1,090 27,985
Noosa 86,999 457 627 206 24 10,250 11 2,938 14,514
North Burnett 1,967,052 6,209 272 628 108 19,551 26,767
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 4,762,843 740 6,713 213 124,502 2,398 10,745 145,310
Pormpuraaw 438,210 46 17,398 32,774 1,863 52,080
Quilpie 6,745,663 722 249 182 88,952 209 59,691 150,006
Redland 53,839 248 4,143 26 310 66 < 1 5,959 28 9 10,789
Richmond 2,658,427 754 90 12,447 286 27,353 40,930
Rockhampton 654,851 4,910 20,811 46 382 968 2,928 4,042 5,926 40,012
Scenic Rim 424,149 3,169 65 949 153 3,510 7,845
Somerset 537,365 17,046 15 1 176 130 8,626 25,993
South Burnett 837,856 5,544 145 388 37 10,140 16,253
Southern Downs 707,743 4,372 30 8 315 44 8,891 13,660
Sunshine Coast 226,350 2,400 2,577 282 3 283 1 12,074 909 6,092 24,622
Tablelands 1,138,091 6,605 2,110 302 8 14,414 919 22,785 47,143
Toowoomba 1,297,638 7,559 20 100 768 73 6,470 14,991
Torres 89,793 93 29,630 95 3,961 510 34,289
Torres Strait Island 47,773 17,928 2 472 470 18,872
Townsville 372,785 7,386 16,218 114 282 1,524 1,793 11,642 38,959
Weipa 1,015 9 9 13 31
Western Downs 3,794,332 11,312 256 1,326 < 1 3,892 957 13,609 31,353
Whitsunday 2,383,116 21,899 25,797 1,761 14 816 2 8,423 4,386 71,779 134,877
Winton 5,381,026 1,445 2,294 635 45,331 63 137,815 187,584
Woorabinda 39,303 24 5 6 250 5 642 933
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 2017 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2017/lga.html

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