Local government area pre-clear wetland system extents
Definition of local government area
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
Pre-clear 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 )
intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)
lacustrine (natural)
palustrine (natural)
riverine
Total
172,958,663
1,197,094
517,754
3,036,216
2,588,980
7,340,044
Aurukun
732,422
33,293
34,853
4,301
72,448
Balonne
3,107,355
2,940
12,587
16,699
32,225
Banana
2,854,895
2,309
5,719
11,872
19,899
Barcaldine
5,343,597
6,127
29,836
32,005
67,968
Barcoo
6,225,666
83,877
223,012
90,462
397,351
Blackall-Tambo
3,058,134
1,641
12,525
14,166
Boulia
6,094,529
9,231
56,234
54,817
120,282
Brisbane
133,702
5,446
175
6,948
4,955
17,524
Bulloo
7,323,473
104,505
368,729
44,054
517,288
Bundaberg
643,060
5,394
13
14,827
24,924
45,158
Burdekin
501,374
42,831
204
9,604
23,407
76,046
Burke
4,008,564
157,909
49,444
85,304
292,657
Cairns
169,322
6,872
12,361
6,233
25,467
Carpentaria
6,416,153
310,139
3,188
140,506
191,561
645,395
Cassowary Coast
468,770
24,495
11
33,956
4,190
62,652
Central Highlands
5,979,435
3,770
18,966
67,336
90,073
Charters Towers
6,832,287
16,420
46,521
222,318
285,259
Cherbourg
3,176
2
32
33
Cloncurry
4,799,944
7,680
112,853
120,533
Cook
10,563,819
114,567
3,782
170,821
84,308
373,477
Croydon
2,951,075
28,746
48,565
77,311
Diamantina
9,466,497
258,531
943,774
167,522
1,369,827
Doomadgee
182,048
13,449
2,902
1,074
17,425
Douglas
242,258
5,083
3,183
4,165
12,431
Etheridge
3,922,447
482
25,576
113,246
139,304
Flinders
4,122,851
1,728
11,084
32,539
45,351
Fraser Coast
710,304
20,595
2,821
42,242
13,161
78,819
Gladstone
1,046,695
53,897
22
10,315
15,016
79,251
Gold Coast
131,543
8,950
16,602
3,026
28,578
Goondiwindi
1,927,344
238
4,818
22,380
27,436
Gympie
688,748
1,315
43
18,216
13,644
33,218
Hinchinbrook
279,812
15,461
21,913
15,817
53,191
Hope Vale
111,037
1,262
1,638
6,291
1,065
10,256
Ipswich
109,372
2,533
2,338
4,871
Isaac
5,866,164
38,737
553
20,005
100,900
160,195
Kowanyama
251,607
12,086
6
9,775
13,066
34,933
Livingstone
1,170,135
95,147
121
23,818
26,959
146,045
Lockhart River
360,008
9,133
9
1,128
9,815
20,085
Lockyer Valley
226,878
2,120
5,789
7,909
Logan
95,787
186
1,968
2,167
4,322
Longreach
4,056,045
48
499
43,089
43,635
Mackay
759,328
30,161
13
31,375
19,569
81,117
Mapoon
48,778
5,660
5,626
256
11,542
Maranoa
5,870,996
33
8,324
17,604
25,961
Mareeba
5,336,713
450
24,444
117,620
142,514
McKinlay
4,073,411
39,159
63,385
102,544
Moreton Bay
203,799
5,732
34
17,303
3,335
26,404
Mornington
120,483
16,553
1,322
4
17,879
Mount Isa
4,326,824
10,120
126,996
137,117
Murweh
4,069,971
1,254
21,291
36,362
58,907
Napranum
198,237
15,924
10,978
1,090
27,992
Noosa
86,998
705
206
11,791
1,971
14,673
North Burnett
1,967,052
1,240
28,504
29,743
Northern Peninsula Area
101,970
1,577
76
11,786
1,044
14,482
Palm Island
6,856
46
71
15
132
Paroo
4,762,843
6,723
127,297
9,477
143,498
Pormpuraaw
438,212
17,772
32,872
1,870
52,513
Quilpie
6,745,556
316
85,907
51,167
137,389
Redland
53,839
4,457
313
6,989
14
11,773
Richmond
2,658,517
12,674
25,584
38,258
Rockhampton
654,851
23,885
562
4,177
6,531
35,154
Scenic Rim
424,149
1,829
5,653
7,483
Somerset
537,367
992
15,490
16,481
South Burnett
837,859
468
18,484
18,952
Southern Downs
707,747
30
361
23,011
23,403
Sunshine Coast
226,350
3,008
3
33,208
14,103
50,322
Tablelands
1,138,091
2,112
16,028
23,214
41,354
Toowoomba
1,297,632
139
920
10,964
12,023
Torres
89,793
29,828
96
3,552
520
33,996
Torres Strait Island
47,773
17,950
2
488
470
18,910
Townsville
372,785
17,719
2,517
15,065
35,301
Weipa
1,015
6
13
19
Western Downs
3,794,333
286
4,546
9,381
14,213
Whitsunday
2,383,133
29,716
14
17,084
60,495
107,309
Winton
5,381,026
2,297
45,210
129,527
177,034
Woorabinda
39,303
5
250
636
891
Wujal Wujal
1,173
23
23
Yarrabah
15,569
149
2,245
46
2,441
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 pre-clear wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-pre-clear/lga.html