Local government area 2021 wetland system extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2021 wetland system extent by local government area
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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	319,564	1,149,046	4,463	513,915	39,202	61	2,840,044	84,039	2,574,700	7,525,035
Aurukun	732,422	3	33,276					34,777		4,502	72,558
Balonne	3,107,355	46,171			1,562	832		9,197	4,162	16,985	78,909
Banana	2,854,893	7,791			2,101	1,295		4,902	782	16,942	33,813
Barcaldine	5,343,937	1,720			6,864	377		27,494	262	28,795	65,513
Barcoo	6,225,666	466			83,775	171		223,721	330	142,819	451,281
Blackall-Tambo	3,058,028	1,349				471		1,560	72	12,359	15,811
Boulia	6,094,500	679			9,230	136		56,199	198	54,868	121,309
Brisbane	133,702	1,506	2,881	262	175	133	1	2,870	353	1,845	10,026
Bulloo	7,323,473	492			104,815	156	1	366,576	269	74,477	546,787
Bundaberg	643,060	10,627	4,810	17	13	982	4	9,057	222	16,761	42,494
Burdekin	501,407	3,160	38,015	511	112	1,772	1	4,735	9,932	22,205	80,445
Burke	4,014,624	987	157,914			544		49,182	265	85,093	293,986
Cairns	169,322	2,131	5,973	165		18	< 1	5,585	10	2,231	16,113
Carpentaria	6,416,297	2,616	315,432		2,785	1,050	4	143,024	1,476	192,693	659,080
Cassowary Coast	468,768	775	24,222	12	10	26		15,584	143	3,965	44,739
Central Highlands	5,978,961	32,291			3,435	2,934	2	13,359	1,693	58,048	111,762
Charters Towers	6,832,318	17,252			16,918	950	< 1	39,844	525	207,096	282,586
Cherbourg	3,176	3						2		23	28
Cloncurry	4,800,047	2,528				682		7,751	147	112,153	123,261
Cook	10,563,820	3,095	114,320		3,717	343		171,179	295	84,053	377,002
Croydon	2,950,931	204				132	2	28,494	237	48,064	77,132
Diamantina	9,466,497	207			256,633	282		945,848	56	190,353	1,393,378
Doomadgee	182,048	3	13,450					2,900	3	1,063	17,419
Douglas	242,258	86	4,854	12		9	< 1	2,420	1	2,316	9,698
Etheridge	3,922,447	2,681			482	708		25,278	224	108,211	137,585
Flinders	4,122,976	1,490			1,704	649	4	10,681	382	31,597	46,507
Fraser Coast	710,304	2,432	20,353		2,824	434	7	29,619	511	9,189	65,369
Gladstone	1,046,687	3,926	51,480	149	22	4,461	< 1	9,310	415	12,476	82,239
Gold Coast	131,543	2,655	7,011			428	2	2,050	534	1,074	13,754
Goondiwindi	1,927,347	17,822			212	695		4,813	1,965	20,076	45,584
Gympie	688,750	1,876	1,317		43	22		14,500	28	8,120	25,904
Hinchinbrook	279,886	522	14,002	2		8		7,162	825	9,066	31,586
Hope Vale	111,037	14	1,261		1,600			6,286	11	1,065	10,237
Ipswich	109,316	575				43		980	78	1,331	3,007
Isaac	5,866,105	15,448	29,647	1,016	540	3,665	4	14,083	9,017	84,390	157,810
Kowanyama	251,607	28	20,979		6			10,497	2	13,356	44,867
Livingstone	1,170,132	6,044	69,511	33	121	217		15,224	27,278	22,078	140,506
Lockhart River	360,008	3	9,134		9			1,124		9,814	20,082
Lockyer Valley	226,928	769				421	< 1	693	172	5,126	7,182
Logan	95,787	351	165			41	< 1	1,196	73	1,084	2,911
Longreach	4,056,045	1,025			48	569	< 1	420	87	49,045	51,194
Mackay	759,329	5,141	29,065	54	13	101	1	5,787	1,489	14,688	56,337
Mapoon	48,778		5,661					5,614		256	11,531
Maranoa	5,871,241	4,987			35	1,419		7,842	799	22,693	37,775
Mareeba	5,336,639	2,089			449	3,987		23,899	120	116,641	147,186
Mckinlay	4,073,302	954				135		39,090	842	62,952	103,973
Moreton Bay	203,800	3,467	4,914	1	34	402	8	8,641	248	2,122	19,838
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	985			865	484		19,676	797	30,201	53,009
Napranum	198,237		15,925					10,971		1,090	27,985
Noosa	86,999	459	627		206	25		10,234	11	2,935	14,497
North Burnett	1,967,052	6,219				272		624	108	19,512	26,735
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	745			6,713	213		124,427	2,398	10,678	145,173
Pormpuraaw	438,210	47	17,398					32,774		1,863	52,082
Quilpie	6,745,663	724			249	182		88,953	209	59,691	150,009
Redland	53,839	239	4,145	26	310	66	< 1	5,955	28	9	10,778
Richmond	2,658,427	758				90		12,446	286	27,351	40,931
Rockhampton	654,851	4,918	20,811	46	382	968		2,928	4,042	5,904	39,998
Scenic Rim	424,149	3,180				65		937	164	3,510	7,856
Somerset	537,365	17,071				15	1	176	130	8,609	26,002
South Burnett	837,856	5,574				145		388	37	10,061	16,204
Southern Downs	707,743	4,406			30	8		315	44	8,824	13,627
Sunshine Coast	226,350	2,359	2,576	282	3	299	1	11,903	988	6,069	24,480
Tablelands	1,138,091	6,606			2,110	303	8	14,414	919	22,785	47,145
Toowoomba	1,297,638	7,601			20	100		768	73	6,458	15,020
Torres	89,793	93	29,628		95			3,961		510	34,288
Torres Strait Island	47,773		17,926		2			472		470	18,870
Townsville	372,785	7,442	16,218	114		282		1,523	1,793	11,600	38,972
Weipa	1,015	9	9					13			31
Western Downs	3,794,332	11,506			256	1,328	< 1	3,846	1,002	13,576	31,515
Whitsunday	2,383,116	22,161	25,790	1,761	14	849	2	8,409	4,396	71,618	135,000
Winton	5,381,026	1,464			2,295	638		45,323	71	137,821	187,612
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.