Local government area 2017 wetland system extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2017 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	46,132			1,562	829		9,320	4,162	17,028	79,033
Banana	2,854,893	7,505			2,105	1,291		4,952	782	17,058	33,692
Barcaldine	5,343,929	1,648			6,864	376		27,700	262	28,880	65,729
Barcoo	6,225,572	464			83,776	167		223,725	330	142,822	451,284
Blackall-Tambo	3,058,028	1,342				471		1,571	72	12,373	15,829
Boulia	6,094,516	665			9,229	136		56,198	198	54,869	121,295
Brisbane	133,699	1,508	2,897	264	175	137	1	2,876	354	1,848	10,061
Bulloo	7,323,490	492			104,830	156	1	366,567	269	74,482	546,797
Bundaberg	643,046	10,637	4,812	17	13	982	4	9,094	222	16,800	42,582
Burdekin	501,395	3,129	38,015	511	112	1,770	1	4,753	9,940	22,269	80,502
Burke	4,016,450	987	157,932			544		49,215	265	85,114	294,059
Cairns	169,309	2,106	5,973	165		22	< 1	5,585	10	2,235	16,096
Carpentaria	6,416,322	2,588	315,473		2,785	1,050	4	143,031	1,476	192,700	659,108
Cassowary Coast	468,756	752	24,222	12	10	26		15,600	143	3,965	44,731
Central Highlands	5,979,002	32,168			3,436	2,919	2	13,437	1,687	58,224	111,871
Charters Towers	6,832,949	17,243			16,919	949	< 1	39,942	525	207,205	282,782
Cherbourg	3,176	4						2		23	28
Cloncurry	4,800,047	2,481				681		7,752	147	112,182	123,242
Cook	10,563,764	2,667	114,322		3,717	328		171,190	295	84,142	376,661
Croydon	2,950,931	202				132	2	28,494	237	48,063	77,130
Diamantina	9,466,526	207			256,620	282		945,848	56	190,353	1,393,365
Doomadgee	180,226	3	13,454					2,867	3	1,058	17,385
Douglas	242,247	62	4,855	12		9	< 1	2,424	1	2,317	9,681
Etheridge	3,922,447	2,442			482	708		25,325	224	108,095	137,277
Flinders	4,122,683	1,433			1,704	646	4	10,659	382	31,619	46,447
Fraser Coast	710,298	2,399	20,353		2,824	434	7	29,647	511	9,234	65,409
Gladstone	1,046,664	3,917	51,480	149	22	4,461	< 1	9,322	415	12,493	82,259
Gold Coast	131,539	2,652	6,982			425	2	2,078	534	1,075	13,748
Goondiwindi	1,927,363	17,705			212	684		4,894	1,934	20,167	45,595
Gympie	688,749	1,861	1,317		43	22		14,500	28	8,140	25,911
Hinchinbrook	279,880	532	14,002	2		8		7,168	812	9,068	31,591
Hope Vale	111,035	14	1,262		1,600			6,285	11	1,065	10,237
Ipswich	109,316	578				43		988	74	1,335	3,017
Isaac	5,865,724	15,098	29,765	946	540	3,656	4	14,140	8,972	84,636	157,756
Kowanyama	251,608	28	20,979		6			10,497	2	13,357	44,868
Livingstone	1,170,109	6,041	69,511	33	121	217		15,235	27,278	22,099	140,535
Lockhart River	360,004	3	9,136		9			1,124		9,813	20,085
Lockyer Valley	226,928	770				421	< 1	694	172	5,135	7,192
Logan	95,787	351	165			40	< 1	1,204	73	1,083	2,918
Longreach	4,056,147	1,024			48	569	< 1	420	87	49,081	51,229
Mackay	759,309	5,122	29,066	54	13	97	1	5,846	1,489	14,696	56,384
Mapoon	48,778		5,660					5,614		255	11,529
Maranoa	5,871,244	4,911			35	1,418		7,896	799	22,802	37,860
Mareeba	5,336,639	2,010			449	3,984		23,904	120	116,634	147,102
McKinlay	4,073,291	948				135		39,090	842	63,028	104,043
Moreton Bay	203,802	3,468	4,917	1	34	401	8	8,688	246	2,119	19,882
Mornington	120,490	45	16,533					1,322		4	17,904
Mount Isa	4,320,830	4,474				1,156		10,120	3	125,621	141,374
Murweh	4,069,889	978			881	484		19,830	797	30,631	53,602
Napranum	198,236		15,922					10,972		1,091	27,985
Noosa	86,999	457	627		206	24		10,250	11	2,938	14,514
North Burnett	1,967,052	6,210				272		628	108	19,553	26,770
Northern Peninsula Area	101,970	< 1	1,619		76			13,599		1,051	16,346
Palm Island	6,856	12	46			9		58		14	139
Paroo	4,762,846	740			6,713	213		124,503	2,398	10,745	145,311
Pormpuraaw	438,211	46	17,396					32,774		1,863	52,079
Quilpie	6,745,660	722			249	182		88,952	209	59,686	150,000
Redland	53,836	248	4,143	26	310	66	< 1	5,959	28	9	10,788
Richmond	2,658,439	754				90		12,447	286	27,351	40,928
Rockhampton	654,848	4,910	20,811	46	382	968		2,928	4,042	5,936	40,021
Scenic Rim	424,151	3,169				65		949	153	3,512	7,848
Somerset	537,365	17,046				15	1	176	130	8,625	25,992
South Burnett	837,856	5,544				145		388	37	10,140	16,253
Southern Downs	707,749	4,372			30	8		315	44	8,891	13,660
Sunshine Coast	226,348	2,400	2,577	282	3	283	1	12,073	909	6,092	24,621
Tablelands	1,138,091	6,605			2,109	302	8	14,414	919	22,788	47,145
Toowoomba	1,297,638	7,559			20	100		768	73	6,471	14,991
Torres	89,788	93	29,628		95			3,959		510	34,285
Torres Strait Island	47,768		17,929		2			472		470	18,873
Townsville	372,769	7,386	16,217	114		282		1,524	1,793	11,640	38,956
Weipa	1,015	9	9					13			31
Western Downs	3,794,332	11,312			256	1,326	< 1	3,892	957	13,609	31,353
Whitsunday	2,383,095	21,899	25,797	1,761	14	816	2	8,423	4,386	71,766	134,866
Winton	5,381,026	1,445			2,294	635		45,330	63	137,812	187,580
Woorabinda	39,303	24			5	6		250	5	641	931
Wujal Wujal	1,173									22	22
Yarrabah	15,569	3	151					2,210		44	2,409
Total	172,958,621	316,760	1,149,231	4,396	513,938	39,071	61	2,841,637	83,794	2,577,062	7,525,949

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.