Report card 2021 wetland system extents
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2021 wetland system extent by report card Download this table in .CSV format
Report card
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
3,776,959
43,577
79,443
2,538
749
2,128
18
70,001
9,798
64,611
272,862
Albert (Healthy Land and Water)
78,507
320
37
55
262
46
1,057
1,777
Bremer (Healthy Land and Water)
202,765
1,559
58
1,542
153
1,684
4,996
Bribie Island (Healthy Land and Water)
14,799
16
787
33
29
5,828
< 1
6,693
Broadwater (Healthy Land and Water)
3,004
102
102
Caboolture (Healthy Land and Water)
46,626
388
1,122
227
< 1
2,126
114
470
4,448
Central Bay (Healthy Land and Water)
49,695
72
< 1
72
Don (Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership)
369,604
1,222
16,117
1,883
80
581
3,695
15,665
39,243
Eastern Bay (Healthy Land and Water)
64,036
233
2
235
Lockyer (Healthy Land and Water)
296,930
1,642
431
1
811
280
7,324
10,491
Logan (Healthy Land and Water)
307,391
2,458
916
26
54
2
1,540
125
2,646
7,768
Lower Brisbane (Healthy Land and Water)
118,125
749
1,521
247
90
1
1,185
339
1,614
5,746
Maroochy (Healthy Land and Water)
63,407
1,230
804
282
141
3,051
771
2,346
8,624
Mid Brisbane (Healthy Land and Water)
55,084
653
< 1
< 1
5
11
1,339
2,008
Mooloolah (Healthy Land and Water)
22,221
499
102
3
107
1
1,885
< 1
1,208
3,806
Moreton Island (Healthy Land and Water)
17,730
93
175
1,252
1,520
Nerang (Healthy Land and Water)
50,011
1,885
< 1
204
< 1
125
504
393
3,113
Noosa (Healthy Land and Water)
85,135
101
627
213
24
19,038
11
1,440
21,454
North Stradbroke Island (Healthy Land and Water)
27,099
95
867
310
30
< 1
4,503
19
5,823
O'Connell (Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership)
238,700
918
12,755
6
48
< 1
1,151
230
3,083
18,191
Pimpama-Coomera (Healthy Land and Water)
65,034
349
3,191
167
< 1
1,501
18
705
5,932
Pine (Healthy Land and Water)
82,026
2,746
2,238
15
95
2
884
46
963
6,988
Pioneer (Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership)
157,016
1,793
698
< 1
342
4,312
7,145
Plane (Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership)
253,876
1,935
18,370
53
13
48
7,567
1,436
4,028
33,449
Proserpine (Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership)
253,460
5,522
12,631
25
2
17
2
6,834
1,663
3,352
30,046
Pumicestone (Healthy Land and Water)
58,991
221
2,240
< 1
108
3
6,037
269
352
9,231
Pumicestone Passage (Healthy Land and Water)
4,935
572
53
1
626
Redland (Healthy Land and Water)
28,171
503
1,100
< 1
61
1,331
18
41
3,054
South Stradbroke Island (Healthy Land and Water)
2,058
212
< 1
151
363
Southern Bay (Healthy Land and Water)
10,627
1,764
4
1,769
Stanley (Healthy Land and Water)
153,210
4,584
6
4
284
39
1,983
6,901
Tallebudgera-Currumbin (Healthy Land and Water)
15,869
62
109
44
95
4
213
528
Upper Brisbane (Healthy Land and Water)
548,313
12,015
2
31
6
8,392
20,446
Western Bay (Healthy Land and Water)
32,504
112
161
< 1
2
< 1
275
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of report cards.
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) Report card 2021 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent/report-card.html