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Local government area 2021 wetland habitat extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2021 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 LA17 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 3,815 479,345 595,596 460,713 26,862 1,239 8,446 156 7,553 998 1,172 79,796 106,195 1,375,755 83,025 158,797 144,439 203,735 3,044 37 268,294 12,979 157,336 10,566 123,641 159,259 15,965 45 3,459 960 746 4,493,969
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 2,114 195 100 2,371 3,676 671 2,785 124 37 288 787 10 14,766
Banana 2,854,893 2,269 212 316 753 2,690 1,684 7,923
Barcaldine 5,343,937 6,840 19,825 3,148 66 644 1,879 3 1,427 34 < 1 2 103 33,970
Barcoo 6,225,666 83,553 670 6,891 194,138 4,608 4 3,878 12,080 305,822
Blackall-Tambo 3,058,028 816 152 29 249 46 221 19 64 11 1,608
Boulia 6,094,500 9,152 1,726 38,708 9 126 12,224 3,594 65,539
Brisbane 133,702 263 2,083 718 161 14 528 836 1,603 255 6,461
Bulloo 7,323,473 101,030 3,304 15,643 6,630 226,219 30,692 6,560 21,985 58,238 470,302
Bundaberg 643,060 202 3,613 1,009 13 1,653 1,079 294 3,622 243 2,389 14,117
Burdekin 501,407 19,180 4,781 659 109 550 206 237 13,478 39,201
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 52,547 262,131 181 116 1,007 10,728 5,494 28,947 2,118 30,982 8,846 4,641 51,072 458,810
Cassowary Coast 468,768 22,719 1,398 4 4,157 1,616 149 8,109 324 126 6 1,141 39,749
Central Highlands 5,978,961 3,543 4,633 1,632 743 5,982 1,841 18,374
Charters Towers 6,832,318 14,682 5 10,609 4,424 908 12,772 9,611 20 491 2 14 58 104 791 72 54,563
Cherbourg 3,176 2 2
Cloncurry 4,800,047 193 1,867 22 2,791 3,058 54 50 8,035
Cook 10,563,820 71,210 42,940 3,185 86,705 59,076 7,370 13,110 3,367 33 2 286,997
Croydon 2,950,931 5,189 469 9,584 179 2,469 8,614 1,060 1,092 28,657
Diamantina 9,466,497 255,885 30,836 21,573 810,487 17,889 2 38,900 25,271 1,200,844
Doomadgee 182,048 1,649 11,539 1,456 1,364 33 43 16,084
Douglas 242,258 4,609 254 856 84 < 1 804 5 672 7,284
Etheridge 3,922,447 131 127 127 12,159 4,243 1,712 1,289 1,746 3,437 150 380 25,502
Flinders 4,122,976 793 877 6 373 33 97 6,201 7 2,346 1,832 12,566
Fraser Coast 710,304 585 14,618 5,150 2,074 750 8,973 970 8,635 9,439 402 1,712 53,306
Gladstone 1,046,687 541 25,705 15,179 22 2,960 413 71 54 5,186 455 586 51,172
Gold Coast 131,543 770 5,415 773 206 27 38 2,035 274 < 1 9,539
Goondiwindi 1,927,347 348 27 162 1,321 4,745 89 9 6,700
Gympie 688,750 < 1 626 691 33 10 1,318 4,360 381 4,125 234 4,102 15,880
Hinchinbrook 279,886 11,343 2,572 1,455 278 102 950 5,154 11 6 12 < 1 21,884
Hope Vale 111,037 869 392 1,598 1,254 4,834 8,947
Ipswich 109,316 452 < 1 363 242 1,058
Isaac 5,866,105 8,619 12,089 486 3,316 36 1,130 1,460 96 37 3,895 995 2,145 2,051 7,813 44,167
Kowanyama 251,607 7,387 13,539 775 603 547 6,906 29,758
Livingstone 1,170,132 42,370 17,612 73 55 5,136 1,426 4,759 227 9,865 21,045 102,570
Lockhart River 360,008 8,015 1,069 6 421 596 12 10,119
Lockyer Valley 226,928 133 < 1 27 704 865
Logan 95,787 27 103 35 18 1,020 224 5 1,432
Longreach 4,056,045 48 145 196 113 37 538
Mackay 759,329 21,457 7,655 4,252 1,369 1,293 321 36,346
Mapoon 48,778 4,370 1,291 3,099 2,512 2 11,273
Maranoa 5,871,241 30 216 26 2,073 418 887 2 15 251 1,392 2,719 119 8,147
Mareeba 5,336,639 2,674 557 16,047 1,468 1,481 1,567 11 15 13 23,832
Mckinlay 4,073,302 858 718 3,489 34,375 1 402 39,843
Moreton Bay 203,800 444 2,838 1,628 34 1,471 570 118 6,477 182 69 13,832
Mornington 120,483 4,007 12,446 887 410 23 17,773
Mount Isa 4,320,811 926 953 133 219 8,349 448 14 11,043
Murweh 4,069,886 865 374 49 1 23 2,292 10,203 7,218 38 1 8 261 21,332
Napranum 198,237 12,993 2,931 9,541 966 85 24 26,539
Noosa 86,999 176 401 49 206 3,229 2,329 381 3,417 1 887 11,076
North Burnett 1,967,052 13 178 23 281 147 102 745
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 13,935 38,802 54,948 132,531
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 88,765
Redland 53,839 138 3,578 443 87 225 1,416 777 2,501 1,256 5 28 10,454
Richmond 2,658,427 28 156 660 7,266 4,151 447 12,707
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 226,350 669 1,672 517 3 2,835 764 196 7,442 229 1,425 15,752
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 27,319 2,303 79 784 2,164 264 563 33,476
Torres Strait Island 47,773 13,834 4,092 2 312 104 56 18,400
Townsville 372,785 5,415 3,895 3 437 534 < 1 384 1,913 2 12,584
Weipa 1,015 9 13 22
Western Downs 3,794,332 284 992 27 1,942 1,618 197 5,061
Whitsunday 2,383,116 15,964 4,516 38 474 12 195 211 107 1,497 3,198 2 1,268 5,824 33,305
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
LA17 Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated 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 2021 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat/lga.html

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