Skip links and keyboard navigation

Local government area 2001 wetland habitat extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2001 wetland habitat extent by local government area metadata
Download this table in .CSV format
Local government area Total area
(ha)
Wetland area by habitat Total
wetland area
(ha)
INT01a INT01b INT02 LA14 LA15 LC06 LC07 LC08a LC08b LC09 PA10 PA11a PA11b PA11c PA12a PA12b PA12c PA12d PA13 PC02a PC02b PC02c PC02d PC04a PC04c PC04d PC04e PC05 XX99-P-A XX99-P-C
Total 172,958,711 3,551 478,729 597,007 460,746 26,862 8,447 156 7,553 998 1,172 79,966 106,461 1,375,781 83,079 158,887 145,064 204,363 2,506 37 269,438 12,831 157,116 10,744 126,153 159,801 16,187 45 3,470 960 747 4,498,860
Aurukun 732,422 14,319 18,882 18,657 262 9,732 1,793 4,222 67,867
Balonne 3,107,355 1,573 37 2,146 195 100 2,561 3,690 688 2,245 124 37 288 810 10 14,503
Banana 2,854,893 2,269 212 318 750 3,001 1,738 8,289
Barcaldine 5,343,937 6,840 19,966 3,200 66 644 1,945 3 1,427 34 < 1 2 100 34,228
Barcoo 6,225,666 83,555 673 6,891 194,148 4,607 4 3,878 12,078 305,834
Blackall-Tambo 3,058,028 820 152 30 249 46 225 25 68 11 1,627
Boulia 6,094,500 9,152 1,726 38,708 9 126 12,224 3,594 65,538
Brisbane 133,702 266 2,164 779 161 14 528 836 1,650 281 6,679
Bulloo 7,323,473 101,049 3,304 15,663 6,630 226,223 30,704 6,567 21,976 58,302 470,417
Bundaberg 643,060 205 3,635 1,050 13 1,649 1,091 296 3,687 243 2,420 14,290
Burdekin 501,407 19,195 4,803 659 109 327 214 217 13,524 39,049
Burke 4,014,624 32,934 124,522 19,163 475 1,718 893 2,287 9,876 8,008 3,793 3,170 206,840
Cairns 169,322 5,723 387 532 17 3,478 386 19 21 1,169 11,730
Carpentaria 6,416,297 52,547 262,138 181 1,007 10,738 5,532 28,955 2,118 30,994 8,846 4,641 51,149 458,846
Cassowary Coast 468,768 22,715 1,399 4 4,217 1,621 149 8,218 357 127 6 1,147 39,958
Central Highlands 5,978,961 3,543 5,105 1,689 743 6,108 1,841 19,029
Charters Towers 6,832,318 14,682 10,609 4,426 908 12,780 9,680 20 491 2 14 58 104 791 72 54,636
Cherbourg 3,176 2 2
Cloncurry 4,800,047 1,867 22 2,791 3,058 54 50 7,843
Cook 10,563,820 71,210 42,941 3,185 86,761 59,078 7,373 13,110 3,367 33 2 287,059
Croydon 2,950,931 5,189 469 9,592 179 2,469 8,621 1,060 1,092 28,672
Diamantina 9,466,497 255,881 30,841 21,573 810,500 17,887 2 38,900 25,267 1,200,851
Doomadgee 182,048 1,649 11,539 1,456 1,364 33 43 16,084
Douglas 242,258 4,609 255 867 84 < 1 808 7 674 7,304
Etheridge 3,922,447 131 127 127 12,194 4,280 1,712 1,289 1,864 3,500 150 381 25,755
Flinders 4,122,976 793 877 6 373 33 97 6,204 7 2,362 1,831 12,584
Fraser Coast 710,304 585 14,617 5,151 2,074 750 9,052 980 8,635 9,537 407 1,736 53,523
Gladstone 1,046,687 541 25,741 15,475 22 3,047 415 71 54 5,215 461 596 51,638
Gold Coast 131,543 706 4,881 1,387 209 28 50 2,121 279 5 9,668
Goondiwindi 1,927,347 348 27 161 1,387 5,102 89 9 7,123
Gympie 688,750 < 1 626 691 33 10 1,335 4,360 381 4,128 236 4,113 15,914
Hinchinbrook 279,886 11,345 2,569 1,481 278 102 941 5,221 13 6 12 < 1 21,969
Hope Vale 111,037 869 392 1,598 1,254 4,834 8,947
Ipswich 109,316 467 < 1 369 261 1,097
Isaac 5,866,105 8,619 12,138 486 3,453 36 1,131 1,461 98 37 3,955 1,024 2,166 2,066 7,767 44,438
Kowanyama 251,607 7,387 13,539 775 603 547 6,906 29,758
Livingstone 1,170,132 42,373 17,736 73 55 5,144 1,426 4,676 228 10,370 21,040 103,120
Lockhart River 360,008 8,015 1,069 6 421 596 12 10,119
Lockyer Valley 226,928 140 < 1 28 708 876
Logan 95,787 27 101 35 19 1,034 228 5 1,448
Longreach 4,056,045 48 145 196 113 37 538
Mackay 759,329 21,424 7,685 4,502 1,350 1,352 322 36,634
Mapoon 48,778 4,370 1,291 3,100 2,512 2 11,275
Maranoa 5,871,241 30 216 26 1,648 461 886 2 15 251 1,392 2,884 119 7,931
Mareeba 5,336,639 2,675 560 16,047 1,468 1,560 1,567 11 15 13 23,915
Mckinlay 4,073,302 858 718 3,489 34,381 1 402 39,850
Moreton Bay 203,800 437 2,835 1,645 34 1,473 309 121 6,658 182 68 13,763
Mornington 120,483 4,007 12,446 887 410 23 17,773
Mount Isa 4,320,811 953 133 219 8,349 448 14 10,118
Murweh 4,069,886 881 374 49 1 23 2,388 10,570 7,447 38 1 8 278 22,058
Napranum 198,237 12,993 2,931 9,541 966 85 24 26,539
Noosa 86,999 177 402 49 206 3,235 2,333 383 3,449 1 925 11,161
North Burnett 1,967,052 13 178 23 274 147 102 738
Northern Peninsula Area 101,970 1,211 406 73 580 12,231 332 43 14,875
Palm Island 6,856 46 < 1 45 13 < 1 105
Paroo 4,762,843 5,081 1,121 1,666 7,604 9,381 13,992 39,012 55,075 132,931
Pormpuraaw 438,210 2,688 14,707 25,774 1,210 22 5,286 49,688
Quilpie 6,745,663 154 158 5,238 62,261 3,826 7,533 1,553 8,134 88,858
Redland 53,839 137 3,434 585 87 225 1,416 778 2,511 1,263 5 28 10,468
Richmond 2,658,427 28 156 660 7,271 4,151 447 12,712
Rockhampton 654,851 5,740 1,051 585 2 17 506 3,100 3,342 14,343
Scenic Rim 424,149 139 < 1 75 912 1,126
Somerset 537,365 21 42 244 308
South Burnett 837,856 10 9 36 381 437
Southern Downs 707,743 30 3 2 80 275 389
Sunshine Coast 226,350 469 1,626 483 3 2,748 847 203 7,368 226 1,528 15,500
Tablelands 1,138,091 153 2,191 6,061 455 3,854 2,400 102 5 279 15,500
Toowoomba 1,297,638 58 84 18 387 199 230 975
Torres 89,793 27,312 2,308 79 784 2,164 264 563 33,473
Torres Strait Island 47,773 13,838 4,092 2 312 104 56 18,404
Townsville 372,785 5,416 3,918 3 416 565 < 1 384 1,946 1 12,651
Weipa 1,015 9 13 22
Western Downs 3,794,332 284 992 27 2,028 1,683 197 5,212
Whitsunday 2,383,116 15,956 4,530 38 474 12 215 214 107 1,545 3,134 2 1,276 5,824 33,325
Winton 5,381,026 2,268 8 2,571 41,794 5 190 654 47,491
Woorabinda 39,303 5 54 7 47 150 262
Wujal Wujal 1,173 0
Yarrabah 15,569 146 4 200 103 846 293 349 420 2,360

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of local government areas.

Wetland habitat code descriptions
INT01a Mangroves - Casuarina
INT01b Mangroves - other
INT02 Salt marsh and salt flats
LA14 Arid and semi-arid saline lake
LA15 Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake
LC06 Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
LC07 Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake
LC08a Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake
LC08b Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake
LC09 Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
PA10 Arid and semi-arid saline swamp
PA11a Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp
PA11b Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp
PA11c Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
PA12a Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp
PA12b Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp
PA12c Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
PA12d Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp
PA13 Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp
PC02a Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
PC02b Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp
PC02c Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
PC02d Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp
PC04a Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
PC04c Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
PC04d Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp
PC04e Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp
PC05 Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp
XX99-P-A Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid
XX99-P-C Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal

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 2001 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2001/lga.html

Queensland Government
WetlandInfo   —   Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation