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Local government area 2001 wetland habitat extents

Definition of local government area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2001 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 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
Aurukun 732,424 14,319 18,883 18,657 262 9,732 1,793 4,222 67,868
Balonne 3,107,381 1,573 37 2,146 195 100 2,561 3,690 688 2,245 124 37 288 810 10 14,503
Banana 2,854,893 2,269 212 318 750 3,001 1,738 8,289
Barcaldine 5,343,929 6,840 19,966 3,201 66 644 1,945 3 1,427 34 < 1 2 100 34,228
Barcoo 6,225,572 83,555 673 6,891 194,147 4,608 4 3,878 12,077 305,833
Blackall-Tambo 3,058,028 820 152 30 249 46 225 25 68 11 1,627
Boulia 6,094,516 9,151 1,726 38,707 9 126 12,224 3,594 65,537
Brisbane 133,699 266 2,163 779 161 14 528 836 1,650 281 6,679
Bulloo 7,323,490 101,046 3,304 15,663 6,630 226,221 30,704 6,567 21,976 58,301 470,412
Bundaberg 643,046 205 3,635 1,050 13 1,649 1,091 296 3,687 243 2,420 14,290
Burdekin 501,395 19,194 4,804 659 109 327 214 217 13,524 39,049
Burke 4,016,450 32,945 124,529 19,163 475 1,718 893 2,287 9,887 8,030 3,793 3,170 206,891
Cairns 169,309 5,723 387 532 17 3,477 386 19 21 1,169 11,729
Carpentaria 6,416,322 52,584 262,139 181 1,007 10,738 5,532 28,955 2,118 30,994 8,846 4,641 51,149 458,883
Cassowary Coast 468,756 22,714 1,399 4 4,217 1,621 149 8,218 357 127 6 1,147 39,958
Central Highlands 5,979,002 3,543 5,105 1,689 743 6,108 1,841 19,029
Charters Towers 6,832,949 14,682 10,609 4,450 908 12,780 9,680 20 491 2 14 58 104 791 72 54,660
Cherbourg 3,176 2 2
Cloncurry 4,800,047 1,867 22 2,792 3,058 54 50 7,843
Cook 10,563,764 71,212 42,940 3,185 86,760 59,079 7,373 13,110 3,367 33 2 287,059
Croydon 2,950,931 5,189 469 9,592 179 2,470 8,622 1,060 1,092 28,672
Diamantina 9,466,526 255,879 30,841 21,573 810,503 17,886 2 38,900 25,267 1,200,851
Doomadgee 180,226 1,652 11,540 1,445 1,342 33 43 16,055
Douglas 242,247 4,609 255 867 84 < 1 808 7 674 7,304
Etheridge 3,922,447 131 127 127 12,194 4,281 1,712 1,289 1,864 3,500 150 381 25,756
Flinders 4,122,683 793 877 6 349 33 97 6,204 7 2,362 1,831 12,560
Fraser Coast 710,298 585 14,617 5,151 2,074 750 9,052 980 8,635 9,537 407 1,735 53,523
Gladstone 1,046,664 541 25,740 15,475 22 3,047 415 71 54 5,215 461 596 51,638
Gold Coast 131,539 706 4,882 1,387 209 28 50 2,121 279 5 9,668
Goondiwindi 1,927,363 348 27 161 1,387 5,102 89 9 7,123
Gympie 688,749 < 1 626 691 33 10 1,335 4,360 381 4,128 236 4,113 15,914
Hinchinbrook 279,880 11,345 2,569 1,481 278 102 941 5,221 13 6 12 < 1 21,969
Hope Vale 111,035 870 392 1,598 1,254 4,834 8,948
Ipswich 109,316 467 < 1 369 261 1,097
Isaac 5,865,724 8,619 12,138 486 3,453 36 1,131 1,461 98 37 3,955 1,024 2,166 2,066 7,767 44,438
Kowanyama 251,608 7,387 13,539 775 603 547 6,906 29,758
Livingstone 1,170,109 42,373 17,736 73 55 5,144 1,426 4,676 228 10,370 21,040 103,120
Lockhart River 360,004 8,017 1,070 6 421 596 12 10,122
Lockyer Valley 226,928 140 < 1 28 708 876
Logan 95,787 27 101 35 19 1,034 228 5 1,448
Longreach 4,056,147 48 145 196 113 37 538
Mackay 759,309 21,424 7,685 4,502 1,350 1,352 322 36,634
Mapoon 48,778 4,369 1,291 3,100 2,512 2 11,274
Maranoa 5,871,244 30 216 26 1,648 461 886 2 15 251 1,392 2,884 119 7,931
Mareeba 5,336,639 2,674 560 16,047 1,468 1,560 1,567 11 15 13 23,914
McKinlay 4,073,291 858 718 3,489 34,382 1 402 39,850
Moreton Bay 203,802 437 2,836 1,645 34 1,473 309 121 6,659 182 68 13,765
Mornington 120,490 4,007 12,447 887 410 23 17,774
Mount Isa 4,320,830 953 133 219 8,349 448 14 10,117
Murweh 4,069,889 881 374 49 1 23 2,388 10,570 7,447 38 1 8 278 22,057
Napranum 198,236 12,990 2,931 9,542 966 85 24 26,537
Noosa 86,999 177 402 49 206 3,235 2,333 383 3,449 1 925 11,161
North Burnett 1,967,052 13 178 23 274 147 102 738
Northern Peninsula Area 101,970 1,212 406 73 580 12,231 332 43 14,876
Palm Island 6,856 45 < 1 45 13 < 1 104
Paroo 4,762,846 5,081 1,121 1,666 7,604 9,381 13,992 39,012 55,076 132,933
Pormpuraaw 438,211 2,687 14,707 25,774 1,210 22 5,286 49,686
Quilpie 6,745,660 154 158 5,238 62,261 3,826 7,533 1,553 8,134 88,857
Redland 53,836 137 3,434 584 87 225 1,416 778 2,511 1,262 5 28 10,468
Richmond 2,658,439 28 156 660 7,271 4,151 447 12,712
Rockhampton 654,848 5,741 1,051 585 2 17 506 3,100 3,342 14,343
Scenic Rim 424,151 139 < 1 75 912 1,126
Somerset 537,365 21 42 244 307
South Burnett 837,856 10 9 36 381 437
Southern Downs 707,749 30 3 2 80 275 389
Sunshine Coast 226,348 469 1,626 483 3 2,748 847 203 7,367 226 1,528 15,499
Tablelands 1,138,091 153 2,191 6,060 455 3,854 2,400 102 5 279 15,500
Toowoomba 1,297,638 58 84 18 387 199 230 975
Torres 89,788 27,310 2,308 79 784 2,162 264 563 33,470
Torres Strait Island 47,768 13,839 4,092 2 312 104 56 18,405
Townsville 372,769 5,416 3,918 3 416 565 < 1 384 1,946 1 12,651
Weipa 1,015 9 13 22
Western Downs 3,794,332 284 992 27 2,028 1,683 197 5,212
Whitsunday 2,383,095 15,957 4,530 38 474 12 215 214 107 1,545 3,134 2 1,276 5,824 33,326
Winton 5,381,026 2,268 8 2,571 41,793 5 190 654 47,490
Woorabinda 39,303 5 54 7 47 150 262
Wujal Wujal 1,173 0
Yarrabah 15,569 146 4 200 103 846 293 349 420 2,360
Total 172,958,621 3,551 478,779 597,017 460,741 26,862 8,447 156 7,553 998 1,172 79,966 106,460 1,375,779 83,078 158,887 145,064 204,362 2,506 37 269,439 12,831 157,116 10,744 126,153 159,801 16,187 45 3,470 960 747 4,498,909

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
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 the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Local government area 2001 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 4 August 2026. https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2001/lga.html

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