Local government area 2019 wetland system extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2019 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)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	172,958,664	313,258	1,134,624	4,194	514,431	37,584	2,829,139	80,718	2,428,659	7,342,609
Aurukun	732,422	3	33,275				34,761		4,295	72,333
Balonne	3,107,355	45,708			1,562	826	8,794	4,055	16,895	77,840
Banana	2,854,892	7,174			2,199	1,140	4,827	749	16,721	32,810
Barcaldine	5,343,908	1,651			6,126	358	28,631	262	31,419	68,448
Barcoo	6,225,666	437			83,842	166	222,679	325	89,977	397,425
Blackall-Tambo	3,058,028	1,327				471	1,554	72	11,928	15,352
Boulia	6,094,500	679			9,230	136	56,199	198	54,834	121,275
Brisbane	133,702	1,507	2,887	262	175	135	2,874	353	1,850	10,043
Bulloo	7,323,473	483			104,361	133	368,258	246	44,013	517,493
Bundaberg	643,060	10,628	4,733	17	13	968	8,558	221	15,985	41,124
Burdekin	501,407	2,991	37,968	498	112	1,692	4,893	9,556	19,057	76,768
Burke	4,008,564	979	157,907			536	49,183	265	84,969	293,840
Cairns	169,322	2,112	5,673	165		4	5,416	10	2,149	15,530
Carpentaria	6,416,297	2,603	310,052		2,835	960	139,724	804	191,576	648,553
Cassowary Coast	468,770	740	24,201	12	10	19	15,287	143	3,771	44,184
Central Highlands	5,978,989	32,052			3,435	2,922	13,435	1,680	56,198	109,721
Charters Towers	6,832,301	17,162			16,420	921	45,356	586	216,329	296,774
Cherbourg	3,176	3					2		22	27
Cloncurry	4,800,047	2,525				682	7,567	147	112,174	123,094
Cook	10,563,820	2,987	114,458		3,759	331	170,069	295	83,882	375,780
Croydon	2,950,931	204				134	28,494	237	48,503	77,572
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	86	4,835	12		8	2,386	1	2,252	9,581
Etheridge	3,922,447	2,642			482	500	24,865	224	109,115	137,828
Flinders	4,122,976	1,429			1,702	650	10,637	381	32,287	47,086
Fraser Coast	710,304	2,399	20,325		2,821	430	30,299	465	8,636	65,376
Gladstone	1,046,688	3,922	51,562	33	22	4,457	8,917	373	11,890	81,177
Gold Coast	131,543	2,673	7,032			422	2,070	532	1,076	13,804
Goondiwindi	1,927,347	15,592			197	623	3,622	1,285	19,824	41,143
Gympie	688,750	1,863	1,317		43	23	14,805	18	7,776	25,846
Hinchinbrook	279,886	431	13,965	2		8	6,761	771	8,900	30,838
Hope Vale	111,037	14	1,261		1,600		6,285	11	1,065	10,236
Ipswich	109,316	566				40	984	70	1,291	2,950
Isaac	5,866,106	14,778	29,848	918	540	3,698	13,659	8,966	83,682	156,089
Kowanyama	251,607	28	12,089		6		9,734	2	13,051	34,910
Livingstone	1,170,132	5,995	69,428	33	121	203	15,018	27,316	22,069	140,183
Lockhart River	360,008	3	9,134		9		1,124		9,814	20,082
Lockyer Valley	226,928	764				383	694	159	5,150	7,149
Logan	95,787	354	158			42	1,209	66	1,063	2,891
Longreach	4,056,045	1,075			48	561	498	17	42,608	44,807
Mackay	759,329	5,085	29,054	54	13	95	5,771	1,432	14,579	56,082
Mapoon	48,778		5,661				5,616		256	11,533
Maranoa	5,871,241	4,759			30	1,417	6,835	629	22,633	36,304
Mareeba	5,336,639	2,021			449	3,987	23,854	121	116,440	146,873
Mckinlay	4,073,302	943				123	39,018	176	63,206	103,464
Moreton Bay	203,800	3,469	4,917	1	34	409	8,600	244	2,057	19,732
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	973			881	484	19,626	797	32,053	54,814
Napranum	198,237		15,925				10,946		1,090	27,960
Noosa	86,999	458	628		206	24	10,248	11	2,945	14,521
North Burnett	1,967,052	6,213				272	624	108	18,749	25,965
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	124,113	2,254	9,360	143,359
Pormpuraaw	438,210	47	17,156				32,773		1,863	51,839
Quilpie	6,745,663	705			316	179	85,741	189	51,005	138,134
Redland	53,839	241	4,271		310	52	5,921	40	9	10,842
Richmond	2,658,427	760				88	12,441	286	25,351	38,926
Rockhampton	654,851	5,388	20,834	30	555	399	2,923	4,037	5,335	39,502
Scenic Rim	424,149	3,178				58	975	107	3,155	7,472
Somerset	537,365	17,048				16	161	130	8,419	25,773
South Burnett	837,856	5,539				144	387	37	10,066	16,172
Southern Downs	707,743	4,339			30	8	315	44	9,663	14,399
Sunshine Coast	226,350	2,355	2,570	282	3	300	12,183	991	6,046	24,729
Tablelands	1,138,089	6,573			2,110	277	14,338	959	22,499	46,756
Toowoomba	1,297,638	7,524			20	96	748	71	6,345	14,806
Torres	89,793	92	29,813		96		3,550		510	34,061
Torres Strait Island	47,773		17,926		2		472		470	18,870
Townsville	372,785	7,392	16,260	114		283	1,462	1,793	11,279	38,583
Weipa	1,015	9	9				13			31
Western Downs	3,794,332	10,858			286	1,225	3,499	907	13,568	30,343
Whitsunday	2,383,133	21,836	25,736	1,761	14	791	8,416	4,365	57,771	120,690
Winton	5,381,026	1,422			2,295	630	45,198	63	127,837	177,444
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.