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Local government area 2009 wetland habitat extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2009 wetland habitat extent by local government area metadata
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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 3,553 478,698 596,685 460,745 26,862 8,447 156 7,553 998 1,172 79,887 106,290 1,375,770 83,028 159,156 144,569 204,053 3,068 37 268,579 13,036 157,147 10,703 124,554 159,572 16,026 45 3,468 960 746 4,495,564
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 2,142 195 100 2,532 3,677 671 2,807 124 37 288 799 10 14,990
Banana 2,854,893 2,269 212 316 749 2,857 1,685 8,088
Barcaldine 5,343,937 6,840 19,903 3,200 66 644 1,935 3 1,427 34 < 1 2 103 34,157
Barcoo 6,225,666 83,555 673 6,891 194,145 4,607 4 3,878 12,078 305,832
Blackall-Tambo 3,058,028 818 152 30 249 46 221 25 68 11 1,620
Boulia 6,094,500 9,152 1,726 38,708 9 126 12,224 3,594 65,538
Brisbane 133,702 263 2,158 754 161 14 529 836 1,623 265 6,603
Bulloo 7,323,473 101,048 3,304 15,647 6,630 226,222 30,692 6,560 21,975 58,244 470,322
Bundaberg 643,060 205 3,633 1,011 13 1,645 1,086 296 3,670 243 2,398 14,199
Burdekin 501,407 19,195 4,802 659 109 327 209 217 13,472 38,991
Burke 4,014,624 32,934 124,522 19,163 475 1,718 893 2,287 9,876 8,008 3,790 3,170 206,837
Cairns 169,322 5,716 389 525 17 3,468 386 19 21 1,168 11,708
Carpentaria 6,416,297 52,547 262,138 181 1,007 10,735 5,494 28,955 2,118 30,984 8,846 4,641 51,149 458,795
Cassowary Coast 468,768 22,718 1,398 4 4,168 1,617 149 8,162 327 127 6 1,145 39,820
Central Highlands 5,978,961 3,543 4,831 1,689 743 6,069 1,841 18,716
Charters Towers 6,832,318 14,682 10,609 4,424 908 12,779 9,678 20 491 2 14 58 104 791 72 54,631
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 86,780 59,077 7,371 13,110 3,367 33 2 287,075
Croydon 2,950,931 5,189 469 9,584 179 2,469 8,617 1,060 1,092 28,660
Diamantina 9,466,497 255,880 30,841 21,573 810,493 17,887 2 38,900 25,267 1,200,844
Doomadgee 182,048 1,649 11,539 1,456 1,364 33 43 16,084
Douglas 242,258 4,610 254 858 84 < 1 805 5 674 7,291
Etheridge 3,922,447 131 127 127 12,167 4,280 1,712 1,289 1,862 3,500 150 380 25,727
Flinders 4,122,976 793 877 6 373 33 97 6,203 7 2,354 1,832 12,576
Fraser Coast 710,304 585 14,618 5,150 2,074 750 8,983 971 8,635 9,481 405 1,719 53,370
Gladstone 1,046,687 541 25,737 15,468 22 3,003 415 71 54 5,198 456 588 51,551
Gold Coast 131,543 704 4,876 1,370 198 27 50 2,049 275 < 1 9,551
Goondiwindi 1,927,347 348 27 161 1,375 4,923 89 9 6,932
Gympie 688,750 < 1 626 691 33 10 1,317 4,360 381 4,126 236 4,109 15,889
Hinchinbrook 279,886 11,345 2,571 1,465 278 102 938 5,189 11 6 12 < 1 21,917
Hope Vale 111,037 869 392 1,598 1,254 4,834 8,947
Ipswich 109,316 455 < 1 365 251 1,072
Isaac 5,866,105 8,620 12,107 486 3,316 36 1,130 1,461 98 37 3,917 1,011 2,166 2,053 7,783 44,219
Kowanyama 251,607 7,387 13,539 775 603 547 6,906 29,758
Livingstone 1,170,132 42,369 17,613 73 55 5,140 1,426 4,759 228 10,006 21,040 102,709
Lockhart River 360,008 8,015 1,069 6 421 596 12 10,119
Lockyer Valley 226,928 137 < 1 28 706 871
Logan 95,787 27 103 35 19 1,028 224 5 1,441
Longreach 4,056,045 48 145 196 113 37 538
Mackay 759,329 21,409 7,656 4,343 1,351 1,350 322 36,430
Mapoon 48,778 4,370 1,291 3,100 2,512 2 11,274
Maranoa 5,871,241 30 216 26 2,083 461 886 2 15 251 1,392 2,763 119 8,244
Mareeba 5,336,639 2,675 560 16,047 1,468 1,557 1,567 11 15 13 23,913
Mckinlay 4,073,302 858 718 3,489 34,381 1 402 39,850
Moreton Bay 203,800 449 2,835 1,633 34 1,475 572 119 6,561 182 69 13,928
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 2,331 10,277 7,329 38 1 8 261 21,572
Napranum 198,237 12,993 2,931 9,541 966 85 24 26,539
Noosa 86,999 176 401 49 206 3,230 2,331 381 3,425 1 896 11,096
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 9,380 13,970 38,825 55,028 132,675
Pormpuraaw 438,210 2,688 14,707 25,774 1,210 22 5,286 49,688
Quilpie 6,745,663 154 158 5,216 62,261 3,826 7,529 1,552 8,079 88,775
Redland 53,839 138 3,433 585 87 225 1,416 778 2,501 1,259 5 28 10,455
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 3,099 3,336 14,336
Scenic Rim 424,149 125 < 1 75 908 1,109
Somerset 537,365 21 42 250 313
South Burnett 837,856 10 9 36 376 432
Southern Downs 707,743 30 3 2 80 275 389
Sunshine Coast 226,350 465 1,625 482 3 2,634 806 198 7,152 229 1,451 15,044
Tablelands 1,138,091 153 2,191 6,061 455 3,854 2,340 102 5 278 15,439
Toowoomba 1,297,638 58 84 18 381 199 230 969
Torres 89,793 27,316 2,303 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 5,414 3,896 3 410 565 < 1 384 1,920 2 12,595
Weipa 1,015 9 13 22
Western Downs 3,794,332 284 992 27 2,012 1,666 197 5,180
Whitsunday 2,383,116 15,963 4,517 38 474 12 215 214 107 1,531 3,126 2 1,268 5,824 33,290
Winton 5,381,026 2,268 8 2,571 41,794 5 190 654 47,491
Woorabinda 39,303 5 54 7 45 150 260
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 2009 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2009/lga.html

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