Local government area 2009 wetland system extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2009 wetland system extent by local government area
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Local government area	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
Aurukun	732,424	3	33,276					34,778		4,498	72,555
Balonne	3,107,381	45,300			1,562	829		9,510	4,071	17,132	78,405
Banana	2,854,893	6,811			2,191	1,291		5,066	782	17,076	33,217
Barcaldine	5,343,929	1,501			6,864	376		27,681	262	28,974	65,657
Barcoo	6,225,572	446			83,776	167		223,727	330	142,829	451,275
Blackall-Tambo	3,058,028	1,322				471		1,572	72	12,426	15,863
Boulia	6,094,516	645			9,229	136		56,198	198	54,870	121,276
Brisbane	133,699	1,540	2,991	262	175	131	1	2,894	362	1,845	10,202
Bulloo	7,323,490	484			104,841	147	1	366,576	269	74,516	546,834
Bundaberg	643,046	10,547	4,835	17	13	976	4	9,114	222	16,865	42,594
Burdekin	501,395	2,982	38,265	510	112	1,743	5	4,757	9,666	22,332	80,374
Burke	4,016,450	722	157,932			549		49,218	265	85,114	293,800
Cairns	169,309	2,098	5,972	166		19	< 1	5,593	10	2,234	16,092
Carpentaria	6,416,322	2,395	315,476		2,785	956	4	143,395	1,199	192,558	658,768
Cassowary Coast	468,756	732	24,221	12	10	26		15,663	137	3,979	44,781
Central Highlands	5,979,002	30,723			3,435	2,906		13,685	1,717	58,439	110,906
Charters Towers	6,832,949	17,120			16,919	942	< 1	39,942	525	207,327	282,775
Cherbourg	3,176	4						2		23	28
Cloncurry	4,800,047	2,117				681		7,752	147	112,441	123,138
Cook	10,563,764	2,279	114,321		3,717	324		171,255	295	84,180	376,371
Croydon	2,950,931	179				132	2	28,497	237	48,070	77,117
Diamantina	9,466,526	189			256,620	280		945,854	56	190,352	1,393,351
Doomadgee	180,226	3	13,454					2,867	3	1,058	17,385
Douglas	242,247	61	4,855	12		9	< 1	2,426	1	2,318	9,682
Etheridge	3,922,447	2,333			482	711		25,504	224	111,945	141,199
Flinders	4,122,683	1,424			1,704	645	4	10,667	382	31,624	46,451
Fraser Coast	710,298	2,335	20,353		2,824	432	7	29,683	510	9,250	65,394
Gladstone	1,046,664	3,350	51,825	124	22	4,329	< 1	9,368	415	12,524	81,959
Gold Coast	131,539	2,601	6,993			419	2	2,082	523	1,072	13,692
Goondiwindi	1,927,363	17,207			212	682		5,086	1,935	20,285	45,408
Gympie	688,749	1,796	1,317		43	22		14,509	28	8,147	25,861
Hinchinbrook	279,880	528	14,002	2		8		7,205	815	9,072	31,631
Hope Vale	111,035	11	1,262		1,600			6,285	11	1,065	10,234
Ipswich	109,316	569				43		998	74	1,319	3,003
Isaac	5,865,724	12,088	29,788	946	540	3,638	4	14,185	8,912	85,415	155,516
Kowanyama	251,608	17	20,979		6			10,497	2	13,357	44,856
Livingstone	1,170,109	5,689	69,514	33	121	217		15,369	27,273	22,151	140,367
Lockhart River	360,004	3	9,131		9			1,124		9,813	20,079
Lockyer Valley	226,928	732				420	< 1	699	172	5,142	7,165
Logan	95,787	337	165			40	< 1	1,202	77	1,084	2,906
Longreach	4,056,147	990			48	569	< 1	420	87	49,170	51,284
Mackay	759,309	5,028	29,017	54	13	89	1	5,917	1,489	14,745	56,353
Mapoon	48,778		5,660					5,615		255	11,530
Maranoa	5,871,244	4,475			35	1,417		7,939	798	22,895	37,560
Mareeba	5,336,639	1,941			449	3,983		23,981	119	116,617	147,090
McKinlay	4,073,291	883				135		39,096	842	63,029	103,985
Moreton Bay	203,802	3,387	4,921	1	34	325	8	8,763	217	2,110	19,766
Mornington	120,490	45	16,533					1,322		4	17,904
Mount Isa	4,320,830	4,381				1,152		10,120	3	125,623	141,279
Murweh	4,069,889	956			881	484		19,899	797	31,042	54,059
Napranum	198,236		15,922					10,972		1,091	27,985
Noosa	86,999	459	627		206	24		10,254	11	2,945	14,526
North Burnett	1,967,052	6,057				271		637	88	19,646	26,699
Northern Peninsula Area	101,970	< 1	1,619		76			13,599		1,051	16,345
Palm Island	6,856	12	46			9		58		14	139
Paroo	4,762,846	714			6,713	213		124,572	2,398	10,769	145,378
Pormpuraaw	438,211	20	17,396					32,774		1,863	52,053
Quilpie	6,745,660	703			249	182		88,962	209	59,688	149,993
Redland	53,836	215	4,141	26	310	63	< 1	5,960	28	8	10,751
Richmond	2,658,439	726				90		12,451	286	27,372	40,924
Rockhampton	654,848	4,852	20,811	46	382	955		2,973	4,041	5,935	39,995
Scenic Rim	424,151	1,951				60		957	153	3,632	6,753
Somerset	537,365	16,991				10	1	180	132	8,647	25,962
South Burnett	837,856	5,501				144		395	37	10,141	16,218
Southern Downs	707,749	4,349			30	8		315	44	8,907	13,652
Sunshine Coast	226,348	3,291	2,567	4	3	231	1	12,182	288	6,112	24,679
Tablelands	1,138,091	6,581			2,109	297	8	14,414	919	22,795	47,123
Toowoomba	1,297,638	7,370			20	100		849	73	6,491	14,902
Torres	89,788	93	29,624		95			3,959		510	34,281
Torres Strait Island	47,768		17,931		2			472		470	18,875
Townsville	372,769	7,248	16,227	123		274		1,535	1,791	11,665	38,863
Weipa	1,015	9	9					13			31
Western Downs	3,794,332	10,223			256	1,286		4,043	924	13,644	30,375
Whitsunday	2,383,095	21,307	25,798	1,761	14	811	2	8,532	4,279	71,981	134,486
Winton	5,381,026	1,381			2,294	631		45,330	63	137,812	187,511
Woorabinda	39,303	23			5	6		250	5	641	930
Wujal Wujal	1,173									22	22
Yarrabah	15,569	3	151					2,210		44	2,409
Total	172,958,621	303,390	1,149,929	4,098	514,034	38,511	62	2,844,404	82,302	2,584,108	7,520,839

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

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.