Fish habitat area 2019 wetland system extents
Definition of fish habitat area
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2019 wetland system extent by fish habitat area Download this table in .CSV format
Fish habitat 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
1,198,322
12
249,822
182
11
14
5,940
490
1,999
258,470
Annan River
1,745
416
< 1
170
586
Baffle Creek
2,310
681
38
152
871
Balban Dara Guya (Leekes Creek)
875
49
< 1
49
Barr Creek
63
53
53
Bassett Basin (Rev.1)
664
432
8
440
Beelbi
1,434
303
5
2
310
Bohle River
4,790
< 1
2,110
92
274
3
2,479
Bowling Green Bay
68,788
233
233
Broad Sound
170,245
1
36,211
77
12
19
16
36,337
Burdekin
92,311
< 1
12,575
13
8
99
96
12,791
Burrum
4,435
454
4
9
467
Cape Palmerston - Rocky Dam
21,646
< 1
7,672
74
3
56
7,805
Cattle-Palm Creek
7,131
6
4,392
243
2
55
4,698
Cawarral Creek
3,121
< 1
2,360
2,360
Cleveland Bay
21,920
8,826
61
58
54
< 1
9,000
Colosseum Inlet
11,888
6,480
34
6
6,520
Coombabah
490
167
3
171
Coomera
603
424
99
523
Corio Bay
4,700
2,104
103
38
2,245
Currumbin Creek
9
6
6
Dē-răl-lĭ (Calliope River)
314
52
25
77
Dallachy Creek
1,689
559
588
3
1,150
Deception Bay
1,491
345
12
11
367
Edgecumbe Bay
19,603
2,811
8
2
< 1
25
2,846
Eight Mile Creek
35,129
2,157
2
141
2,301
Elliott River
774
406
5
411
Escape River
26,879
16,295
139
< 1
16,434
Eurimbula
588
440
< 1
440
Fitzroy River (Rev.1)
77,857
26,298
18
20
26,336
Half Moon Creek
209
< 1
190
3
< 1
193
Halifax
5,307
2,823
46
7
2,876
Hay's Inlet
1,221
705
2
707
Hinchinbrook
12,703
< 1
6,453
13
16
6,481
Hull River
1,502
887
339
26
1,253
Jumpinpin-Broadwater
10,412
< 1
4,824
180
5,004
Kauri Creek
6,483
1,680
59
< 1
1,740
K'gari
23,856
24
< 1
2
27
Kinkuna
1,629
454
76
529
Kippa-Ring
818
292
292
Kolan River
1,828
752
9
16
777
Maaroom
23,865
9,873
495
10,368
Maroochy
791
3
328
< 1
6
< 1
337
Meunga Creek
432
< 1
42
1
5
49
Midge
8,331
1,068
26
8
1,102
Moreton Banks
6,324
341
341
Morning Inlet - Bynoe River
39,900
12,273
3
174
12,451
Murray River
1,522
363
17
< 1
381
Myora - Amity Banks
7,327
194
11
205
Nassau River
15,070
3,095
7
275
3,377
Ngulun (Starcke River)
30,090
8,135
66
40
8,241
Noosa River (Rev.2)
6,080
175
141
5
321
Peel Island
1,579
139
64
203
Pimpama
236
137
< 1
138
Pine River Bay
25,461
7,329
248
< 1
7,578
Princess Charlotte Bay
122,655
11,526
143
22
11,691
Pumicestone Channel
9,511
< 1
2,311
11
1,340
12
3,674
Repulse
69,827
< 1
7,047
50
40
7,137
Rodds Harbour
12,047
5,133
19
8
5,161
Sand Bay
11,472
< 1
3,332
2
3
18
9
3,364
Seventeen Seventy-Round Hill
1,328
788
6
794
Silver Plains
52,106
511
5
< 1
517
Staaten-Gilbert
22,204
4,309
100
326
4,735
Susan River
4,839
< 1
2,751
14
428
20
3,213
Tallebudgera Creek
35
11
< 1
11
Temple Bay
19,411
3,774
41
72
3,887
Tin Can Inlet
1,437
300
8
308
Trinity Inlet
7,168
< 1
3,410
< 1
6
5
3,421
Tully River
656
318
60
22
401
West Hill
17,877
2,624
19
88
< 1
75
2,806
Wreck Creek
1,221
460
234
693
Wuthathi Rev.1 (Margaret Bay)
27,938
3,263
44
< 1
3,307
Yorkeys Creek
121
72
< 1
2
74
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of fish habitat 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) Fish habitat area 2019 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2019/fish-habitat-area.html