Local government area 2019 wetland system extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2019 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	46,171			1,562	832		9,206	4,162	16,977	78,910
Banana	2,854,893	7,611			2,105	1,291		4,914	782	17,033	33,736
Barcaldine	5,343,929	1,713			6,864	377		27,700	262	28,853	65,770
Barcoo	6,225,572	466			83,776	167		223,720	330	142,822	451,281
Blackall-Tambo	3,058,028	1,349				471		1,560	72	12,370	15,822
Boulia	6,094,516	679			9,229	136		56,198	198	54,869	121,309
Brisbane	133,699	1,507	2,887	262	175	134	1	2,874	353	1,847	10,041
Bulloo	7,323,490	492			104,830	156	1	366,567	269	74,479	546,794
Bundaberg	643,046	10,631	4,811	17	13	982	4	9,071	222	16,787	42,539
Burdekin	501,395	3,146	38,015	511	112	1,770	1	4,742	9,929	22,231	80,457
Burke	4,016,450	987	157,932			544		49,215	265	85,114	294,059
Cairns	169,309	2,123	5,973	165		18	< 1	5,584	10	2,234	16,108
Carpentaria	6,416,322	2,616	315,469		2,785	1,050	4	143,025	1,476	192,699	659,124
Cassowary Coast	468,756	752	24,222	12	10	26		15,588	143	3,965	44,720
Central Highlands	5,979,002	32,182			3,435	2,921	2	13,426	1,696	58,122	111,785
Charters Towers	6,832,949	17,246			16,919	949	< 1	39,936	525	207,192	282,766
Cherbourg	3,176	4						2		23	28
Cloncurry	4,800,047	2,528				681		7,752	147	112,177	123,285
Cook	10,563,764	2,991	114,322		3,717	330		171,179	295	84,114	376,948
Croydon	2,950,931	204				132	2	28,494	237	48,063	77,131
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	86	4,854	12		9	< 1	2,424	1	2,316	9,702
Etheridge	3,922,447	2,459			482	708		25,325	224	108,028	137,226
Flinders	4,122,683	1,437			1,704	646	4	10,659	382	31,618	46,451
Fraser Coast	710,298	2,433	20,353		2,824	434	7	29,638	511	9,201	65,402
Gladstone	1,046,664	3,916	51,480	149	22	4,461	< 1	9,321	415	12,491	82,256
Gold Coast	131,539	2,653	6,980			426	2	2,070	534	1,073	13,739
Goondiwindi	1,927,363	17,766			212	695		4,823	1,965	20,093	45,555
Gympie	688,749	1,875	1,317		43	22		14,500	28	8,135	25,919
Hinchinbrook	279,880	522	14,002	2		8		7,164	825	9,066	31,589
Hope Vale	111,035	14	1,262		1,600			6,285	11	1,065	10,237
Ipswich	109,316	564				43		984	74	1,332	2,998
Isaac	5,865,724	15,164	29,759	946	540	3,659	4	14,085	8,975	84,521	157,655
Kowanyama	251,608	28	20,979		6			10,497	2	13,357	44,868
Livingstone	1,170,109	6,033	69,511	33	121	217		15,227	27,278	22,091	140,511
Lockhart River	360,004	3	9,136		9			1,124		9,813	20,085
Lockyer Valley	226,928	768				421	< 1	694	172	5,129	7,185
Logan	95,787	351	165			41	< 1	1,204	73	1,082	2,917
Longreach	4,056,147	1,024			48	569	< 1	420	87	49,081	51,229
Mackay	759,309	5,141	29,065	54	13	100	1	5,837	1,489	14,693	56,393
Mapoon	48,778		5,660					5,614		255	11,529
Maranoa	5,871,244	4,968			35	1,418		7,887	799	22,723	37,829
Mareeba	5,336,639	2,038			449	3,986		23,904	120	116,634	147,130
McKinlay	4,073,291	954				135		39,090	842	63,028	104,049
Moreton Bay	203,802	3,471	4,915	1	34	402	8	8,673	248	2,116	19,869
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	985			881	484		19,772	797	30,355	53,274
Napranum	198,236		15,922					10,972		1,091	27,985
Noosa	86,999	457	627		206	24		10,235	11	2,935	14,495
North Burnett	1,967,052	6,219				272		628	108	19,542	26,769
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	745			6,713	213		124,465	2,398	10,678	145,211
Pormpuraaw	438,211	47	17,396					32,774		1,863	52,081
Quilpie	6,745,660	724			249	182		88,952	209	59,686	150,002
Redland	53,836	240	4,142	26	310	66	< 1	5,957	28	9	10,777
Richmond	2,658,439	758				90		12,446	286	27,349	40,929
Rockhampton	654,848	4,918	20,811	46	382	968		2,928	4,042	5,925	40,019
Scenic Rim	424,151	3,174				65		949	153	3,512	7,853
Somerset	537,365	17,055				15	1	176	130	8,619	25,996
South Burnett	837,856	5,563				145		388	37	10,103	16,235
Southern Downs	707,749	4,406			30	8		315	44	8,846	13,649
Sunshine Coast	226,348	2,355	2,576	282	3	298	1	11,967	991	6,079	24,551
Tablelands	1,138,091	6,606			2,109	302	8	14,414	919	22,788	47,147
Toowoomba	1,297,638	7,600			20	100		768	73	6,471	15,032
Torres	89,788	93	29,627		95			3,959		510	34,284
Torres Strait Island	47,768		17,927		2			472		470	18,871
Townsville	372,769	7,394	16,217	114		282		1,523	1,793	11,623	38,947
Weipa	1,015	9	9					13			31
Western Downs	3,794,332	11,455			256	1,328	< 1	3,847	1,002	13,588	31,478
Whitsunday	2,383,095	21,940	25,798	1,761	14	820	2	8,424	4,366	71,683	134,809
Winton	5,381,026	1,450			2,294	635		45,322	71	137,812	187,585
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	318,033	1,149,200	4,393	513,938	39,116	61	2,840,920	83,955	2,575,759	7,525,374

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.