Local government area 2021 wetland system extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2021 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		9,196	4,162	16,984	78,907
Banana	2,854,893	7,791			2,101	1,295		4,902	782	16,940	33,810
Barcaldine	5,343,929	1,720			6,864	377		27,494	262	28,794	65,511
Barcoo	6,225,572	466			83,774	171		223,721	330	142,822	451,284
Blackall-Tambo	3,058,028	1,349				471		1,560	72	12,361	15,814
Boulia	6,094,516	679			9,229	136		56,198	198	54,869	121,309
Brisbane	133,699	1,506	2,881	262	175	133	1	2,870	353	1,844	10,025
Bulloo	7,323,490	492			104,813	156	1	366,574	269	74,479	546,784
Bundaberg	643,046	10,627	4,810	17	13	982	4	9,057	222	16,760	42,493
Burdekin	501,395	3,160	38,015	511	112	1,772	1	4,735	9,932	22,208	80,447
Burke	4,016,450	987	157,932			544		49,215	265	85,114	294,059
Cairns	169,309	2,130	5,973	165		18	< 1	5,584	10	2,230	16,111
Carpentaria	6,416,322	2,616	315,469		2,785	1,050	4	143,023	1,476	192,685	659,109
Cassowary Coast	468,756	775	24,222	12	10	26		15,585	143	3,965	44,739
Central Highlands	5,979,002	32,294			3,435	2,936	2	13,359	1,693	58,058	111,777
Charters Towers	6,832,949	17,251			16,919	950	< 1	39,868	525	207,104	282,618
Cherbourg	3,176	4						2		23	28
Cloncurry	4,800,047	2,528				681		7,752	147	112,156	123,264
Cook	10,563,764	3,095	114,320		3,717	343		171,179	295	84,052	377,001
Croydon	2,950,931	204				132	2	28,494	237	48,063	77,132
Diamantina	9,466,526	207			256,631	282		945,850	56	190,353	1,393,379
Doomadgee	180,226	3	13,454					2,867	3	1,058	17,385
Douglas	242,247	86	4,854	12		9	< 1	2,420	1	2,316	9,698
Etheridge	3,922,447	2,681			482	708		25,279	224	108,225	137,599
Flinders	4,122,683	1,490			1,704	649	4	10,657	382	31,600	46,486
Fraser Coast	710,298	2,432	20,353		2,824	434	7	29,618	511	9,189	65,369
Gladstone	1,046,664	3,925	51,480	149	22	4,461	< 1	9,310	415	12,475	82,237
Gold Coast	131,539	2,655	7,011			428	2	2,050	534	1,073	13,754
Goondiwindi	1,927,363	17,822			212	695		4,813	1,965	20,048	45,556
Gympie	688,749	1,876	1,317		43	22		14,499	28	8,118	25,902
Hinchinbrook	279,880	522	14,002	2		8		7,162	825	9,066	31,586
Hope Vale	111,035	14	1,262		1,600			6,285	11	1,065	10,237
Ipswich	109,316	575				43		980	78	1,332	3,008
Isaac	5,865,724	15,446	29,647	1,016	540	3,663	4	14,082	9,017	84,386	157,803
Kowanyama	251,608	28	20,979		6			10,497	2	13,357	44,868
Livingstone	1,170,109	6,043	69,511	33	121	217		15,224	27,278	22,067	140,494
Lockhart River	360,004	3	9,136		9			1,124		9,813	20,085
Lockyer Valley	226,928	769				421	< 1	693	172	5,126	7,182
Logan	95,787	351	165			41	< 1	1,196	73	1,082	2,909
Longreach	4,056,147	1,025			48	569	< 1	420	87	49,044	51,193
Mackay	759,309	5,141	29,065	54	13	101	1	5,787	1,489	14,688	56,338
Mapoon	48,778		5,660					5,614		255	11,529
Maranoa	5,871,244	4,988			35	1,419		7,842	799	22,695	37,777
Mareeba	5,336,639	2,089			449	3,987		23,899	120	116,626	147,169
McKinlay	4,073,291	954				135		39,090	842	62,946	103,968
Moreton Bay	203,802	3,467	4,915	1	34	402	8	8,642	248	2,122	19,839
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			865	484		19,675	797	30,201	53,007
Napranum	198,236		15,922					10,972		1,091	27,985
Noosa	86,999	459	627		206	25		10,234	11	2,935	14,497
North Burnett	1,967,052	6,220				272		624	108	19,514	26,738
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		124,428	2,398	10,678	145,174
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	238	4,145	26	310	66	< 1	5,955	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	5,914	40,008
Scenic Rim	424,151	3,180				65		937	164	3,512	7,859
Somerset	537,365	17,071				15	1	176	130	8,608	26,001
South Burnett	837,856	5,574				145		388	37	10,060	16,204
Southern Downs	707,749	4,406			30	8		315	44	8,824	13,627
Sunshine Coast	226,348	2,359	2,576	282	3	299	1	11,902	988	6,068	24,479
Tablelands	1,138,091	6,606			2,109	303	8	14,414	919	22,787	47,147
Toowoomba	1,297,638	7,601			20	100		768	73	6,459	15,021
Torres	89,788	93	29,626		95			3,959		510	34,283
Torres Strait Island	47,768		17,927		2			472		470	18,871
Townsville	372,769	7,442	16,217	114		282		1,523	1,793	11,597	38,969
Weipa	1,015	9	9					13			31
Western Downs	3,794,332	11,506			256	1,328	< 1	3,846	1,002	13,575	31,515
Whitsunday	2,383,095	22,162	25,790	1,761	14	849	2	8,409	4,396	71,605	134,988
Winton	5,381,026	1,464			2,295	638		45,322	71	137,819	187,608
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	319,564	1,149,105	4,463	513,911	39,202	61	2,840,039	84,039	2,574,670	7,525,053

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.