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Local government area 2017 wetland habitat extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2017 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 3,781 478,645 596,336 460,744 26,862 8,448 156 7,553 998 1,172 79,926 106,258 1,375,762 83,024 159,021 144,544 203,960 3,044 37 268,459 13,019 157,393 10,590 123,906 159,281 15,995 45 3,463 960 746 4,494,128
Aurukun 732,422 14,323 18,878 18,657 262 9,732 1,793 4,222 67,867
Balonne 3,107,355 1,573 37 2,142 195 100 2,465 3,678 671 2,785 124 37 288 788 10 14,891
Banana 2,854,893 2,269 212 316 755 2,735 1,685 7,973
Barcaldine 5,343,937 6,840 19,942 3,183 66 644 1,933 3 1,427 34 < 1 2 103 34,177
Barcoo 6,225,666 83,555 673 6,891 194,143 4,607 4 3,878 12,078 305,830
Blackall-Tambo 3,058,028 816 152 30 249 46 221 25 68 11 1,618
Boulia 6,094,500 9,152 1,726 38,708 9 126 12,224 3,594 65,538
Brisbane 133,702 264 2,079 740 161 14 529 836 1,609 255 6,487
Bulloo 7,323,473 101,047 3,304 15,647 6,630 226,222 30,692 6,560 21,975 58,236 470,313
Bundaberg 643,060 203 3,614 1,010 13 1,668 1,079 295 3,644 243 2,388 14,156
Burdekin 501,407 19,180 4,781 659 109 550 209 237 13,502 39,227
Burke 4,014,624 32,934 124,522 19,160 475 1,718 893 2,287 9,876 8,008 3,790 3,170 206,834
Cairns 169,322 5,716 389 525 17 3,462 386 19 21 1,166 11,700
Carpentaria 6,416,297 52,547 262,135 181 1,007 10,728 5,494 28,952 2,118 30,983 8,846 4,641 51,073 458,706
Cassowary Coast 468,768 22,719 1,398 4 4,159 1,616 149 8,121 324 127 6 1,142 39,764
Central Highlands 5,978,961 3,544 4,636 1,689 743 5,985 1,841 18,438
Charters Towers 6,832,318 14,682 10,609 4,424 908 12,779 9,678 20 491 2 14 58 104 791 72 54,632
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 86,716 59,076 7,370 13,110 3,367 33 2 287,010
Croydon 2,950,931 5,189 469 9,584 179 2,469 8,614 1,060 1,092 28,657
Diamantina 9,466,497 255,880 30,841 21,573 810,487 17,887 2 38,900 25,267 1,200,838
Doomadgee 182,048 1,649 11,539 1,456 1,364 33 43 16,084
Douglas 242,258 4,610 254 858 84 < 1 804 5 674 7,289
Etheridge 3,922,447 131 127 127 12,167 4,280 1,712 1,289 1,746 3,437 150 380 25,548
Flinders 4,122,976 793 877 6 373 33 97 6,202 7 2,346 1,832 12,567
Fraser Coast 710,304 585 14,618 5,150 2,074 750 8,980 971 8,635 9,458 402 1,712 53,334
Gladstone 1,046,687 541 25,705 15,180 22 2,967 415 71 54 5,187 456 587 51,184
Gold Coast 131,543 733 4,858 1,346 207 27 51 2,048 274 < 1 9,546
Goondiwindi 1,927,347 348 27 162 1,320 4,795 89 9 6,749
Gympie 688,750 < 1 626 691 33 10 1,317 4,360 381 4,125 234 4,103 15,880
Hinchinbrook 279,886 11,343 2,572 1,460 278 102 938 5,154 11 6 12 < 1 21,877
Hope Vale 111,037 869 392 1,598 1,254 4,834 8,947
Ipswich 109,316 452 < 1 364 246 1,062
Isaac 5,866,105 8,619 12,084 486 3,316 36 1,130 1,460 96 37 3,906 999 2,159 2,078 7,802 44,210
Kowanyama 251,607 7,387 13,539 775 603 547 6,906 29,758
Livingstone 1,170,132 42,370 17,612 73 55 5,140 1,426 4,759 227 9,873 21,045 102,581
Lockhart River 360,008 8,015 1,069 6 421 596 12 10,119
Lockyer Valley 226,928 133 < 1 28 705 866
Logan 95,787 27 103 35 19 1,027 224 5 1,439
Longreach 4,056,045 48 145 196 113 37 538
Mackay 759,329 21,458 7,655 4,310 1,369 1,294 321 36,408
Mapoon 48,778 4,370 1,291 3,099 2,512 2 11,273
Maranoa 5,871,241 30 216 26 2,083 461 886 2 15 251 1,392 2,720 119 8,201
Mareeba 5,336,639 2,675 560 16,047 1,468 1,482 1,567 11 15 13 23,837
Mckinlay 4,073,302 858 718 3,489 34,375 1 402 39,844
Moreton Bay 203,800 445 2,839 1,629 34 1,474 571 118 6,518 182 69 13,878
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 2,312 10,261 7,294 38 1 8 261 21,503
Napranum 198,237 12,993 2,931 9,541 966 85 24 26,539
Noosa 86,999 176 401 49 206 3,230 2,329 381 3,424 1 896 11,092
North Burnett 1,967,052 13 178 23 285 147 102 749
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 7,602 9,376 13,946 38,816 54,999 132,606
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 1,551 8,069 88,764
Redland 53,839 138 3,434 586 87 225 1,416 778 2,501 1,259 5 28 10,455
Richmond 2,658,427 28 156 660 7,267 4,151 447 12,708
Rockhampton 654,851 5,740 1,051 585 2 17 506 3,099 3,291 14,292
Scenic Rim 424,149 125 < 1 75 900 1,100
Somerset 537,365 21 42 243 306
South Burnett 837,856 10 9 36 369 425
Southern Downs 707,743 30 3 2 80 275 389
Sunshine Coast 226,350 671 1,670 518 3 2,869 800 197 7,445 229 1,444 15,845
Tablelands 1,138,091 153 2,191 6,061 455 3,854 2,340 102 5 278 15,439
Toowoomba 1,297,638 58 76 18 381 199 158 888
Torres 89,793 27,321 2,303 79 784 2,164 264 563 33,477
Torres Strait Island 47,773 13,836 4,092 2 312 104 56 18,402
Townsville 372,785 5,414 3,896 3 438 534 < 1 384 1,913 2 12,584
Weipa 1,015 9 13 22
Western Downs 3,794,332 284 992 27 1,943 1,618 197 5,062
Whitsunday 2,383,116 15,964 4,515 38 474 12 205 211 107 1,490 3,180 2 1,268 5,824 33,288
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 2017 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2017/lga.html

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