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Toowoomba local government area

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Name: Toowoomba
Area type: Local government area
Total area: 1,297,638 ha
% total Qld: 0.8%

Area homepage: www.toowoombarc.qld.gov.au

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Catchment stories
Wetland observations
Wetland extents
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Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC)
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State forests
Forest reserves
Resources reserves
Timber reserves
Fish habitat areas
Coastal management district
Nature refuges
Freshwater biogeographic provinces
Aquatic Conservation Assessments (AquaBAMM) and others
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—conceptual models
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—management profiles
Groundwater dependent ecosystem type—conceptual models
Healthy Land and Water conceptual models
Water resource planning areas
Aquatic ecosystem monitoring programs
Point source monitoring
Wetland soil indicator case studies
Wetland management case studies
Wetland projects
Area specific conceptual model case studies
Paddock to Reef (P2R) report cards
Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives
Shorebird zones
Biopassage structures
Related legislation/policies
External links/description
Wildlife

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Toowoomba local government area wetland area by system 2019
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 14,806 100.0% 1.1%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine 8,452 57.1% 0.7%
Artificial and highly modified 7,524 50.8% 0.6%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 20 0.1% 0.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 96 0.6% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 748 5.1% 0.1%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 71 0.5% 0.0%
Riverine 6,345 42.9% 0.5%

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Toowoomba local government area wetland area by habitat 2019
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 867 100.0% 0.1%
Mangroves - Casuarina 0 0.0% 0.0%
Mangroves - other 0 0.0% 0.0%
Salt marsh and salt flats 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 58 6.6% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 76 8.8% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 365 42.1% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 193 22.3% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 158 18.2% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 0 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 18 2.0% 0.0%

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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.

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Wetland extent changes

Toowoomba local government area wetland extent change by system
System 2019 area
(ha)		 2017 area
(ha)		 2013 area
(ha)		 2009 area
(ha)		 2005 area
(ha)		 2001 area
(ha)		 pre-clear area
(ha)		 2019/pre-clear
percentage
Total 14,806 14,788 14,722 14,711 14,559 14,289 12,023 * 60.6%
Artificial and highly modified 7,524 7,505 7,422 7,328 7,163 6,882 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (natural) 20 20 20 20 20 20 139 14.7%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 96 96 96 96 96 81 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 748 748 748 829 829 838 920 81.4%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 71 71 71 71 71 68 0 n/a
Riverine 6,345 6,346 6,364 6,365 6,379 6,400 10,964 57.9%

* Total 2019/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified

metadata View 2019 wetland system extents for all local government areas

metadata View 2017 wetland system extents for all local government areas

metadata View 2013 wetland system extents for all local government areas

metadata View 2009 wetland system extents for all local government areas

metadata View 2005 wetland system extents for all local government areas

metadata View 2001 wetland system extents for all local government areas

metadata View pre-clear wetland system extents for all local government areas

metadata View 2019/pre-clear wetland system extent percentages for all local government areas

Toowoomba local government area wetland extent change by habitat
Habitat 2019 area
(ha)		 2017 area
(ha)		 2013 area
(ha)		 2009 area
(ha)		 2005 area
(ha)		 2001 area
(ha)
Total 867 867 867 948 948 954
Mangroves - Casuarina 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mangroves - other 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salt marsh and salt flats 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 58 58 58 58 58 58
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 76 76 76 84 84 84
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 365 365 365 365 365 371
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 193 193 193 193 193 193
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 158 158 158 230 230 230
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 18 18 18 18 18 18

metadata View 2019 wetland habitat area for all local government areas

metadata View 2017 wetland habitat area for all local government areas

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metadata View 2005 wetland habitat area for all local government areas

metadata View 2001 wetland habitat area for all 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.

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Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC) metadata

Toowoomba local government area land use
ALUMC code and description
Area (ha)
% total area
Total 1,297,638 100.0%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 597,648 46.1%
3.3 Cropping 384,086 29.6%
2.2 Production native forests 122,398 9.4%
4.3 Irrigated cropping 103,225 8.0%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure 24,316 1.9%
1.3 Other minimal use 16,264 1.3%
1.1 Nature conservation 9,496 0.7%
3.1 Plantation forests 7,818 0.6%
6.2 Reservoir/dam 7,730 0.6%
3.2 Grazing modified pastures 5,919 0.5%
5.5 Services 4,482 0.3%
5.2 Intensive animal production 2,815 0.2%
5.8 Mining 2,153 0.2%
5.7 Transport and communication 2,031 0.2%
4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture 1,960 0.2%
3.4 Perennial horticulture 1,691 0.1%
5.3 Manufacturing and industrial 1,331 0.1%
4.2 Grazing irrigated modified pastures 611 0.0%
4.5 Irrigated seasonal horticulture 243 0.0%
6.1 Lake 239 0.0%
3.6 Land in transition 231 0.0%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 206 0.0%
6.4 Channel/aqueduct 180 0.0%
6.3 River 179 0.0%
1.2 Managed resource protection 170 0.0%
5.9 Waste treatment and disposal 123 0.0%
5.6 Utilities 67 0.0%
5.1 Intensive horticulture 25 0.0%

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Biopassage structures info metadata

Name Construction year Structure types Stream name
map Bowenville Weir 2016 Rock Ramp Oakey Creek
map Dalmeny Weir 2016 Rock Ramp Oakey Creek
map Munro's Crossing 2014 Rock Ramp Oakey Creek
map O'Mara Road Dry Creek Fishway 2015 Rock Ramp Dry Creek
map Wainui Crossing 2013 Rock Ramp Oakey Creek

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Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species		 Rare or
threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 3,922 628 362 127 4,550
Animals 928 36 202 66 964
Mammals 104 16 3 13 120
Birds 386 11 76 34 397
Reptiles 138 1 11 11 139
Amphibians 44 1 20 2 45
Ray-finned fishes 30 3 33 2 33
Insects 218 4 59 3 222
Malacostracans 5 0 0 0 5
Arachnids 1 0 0 0 1
Snails 2 0 0 1 2
Bacteria 7 0 0 0 7
Chromists 83 0 0 0 83
Fungi 611 1 0 0 612
Plants 2,291 591 160 61 2,882
Protozoans 2 0 0 0 2

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

Disclaimer: While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this product, the Queensland Government and Australian Government make no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaim all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a consequence of reliance on the product, or as a result of the product being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.

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This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Toowoomba local government area — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 13 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/lga-toowoomba/

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