Local Government Areas in Queensland

Map of the regions in Queensland

Map of the administrative divisions in Queensland as of March 2008

As of March 17, 2008, the Australian state of Queensland has only been subdivided into 53 local government areas .

Surname	administrative seat	region	since	Area (km²)	Inhabitants (2006)	map
Brisbane City	Brisbane	South East Queensland	1924	1,367	956.129
Gold Coast City	Nerang	South East Queensland	1948	1,358	455.419
Ipswich City	Ipswich	South East Queensland	1860	1,089	142,525
Lockyer Valley Region	Gatton	South East Queensland	2008	2,273	31,138
Logan City	Logan	South East Queensland	1978	913	253.864
Moreton Bay region	Strathpine	South East Queensland	2008	2.011	337.846
Redland City	Cleveland	South East Queensland	1949	537	126,964
Scenic Rim Region	Beaudesert	South East Queensland	2008	4,256	34,659
Somerset region	Esk	South East Queensland	2008	5,379	19,291
Sunshine Coast Region	Nambour	South East Queensland	?	3.126	290.026
Banana Shire	Biloela	Wide Bay-Burnett	1879	28,577	15,773
Bundaberg region	Bundaberg	Wide Bay-Burnett	2008	6,451	86,364
Cherbourg Shire	Cherbourg	Wide Bay-Burnett	1986	32	1,250
Fraser Coast Region	Hervey Bay	Wide Bay-Burnett	2008	7.125	86,747
Gympie region	Gympie	Wide Bay-Burnett	2008	6,898	42,820
North Burnett Region	Gayndah	Wide Bay-Burnett	2008	19,708	10,668
South Burnett Region	Kingaroy	Wide Bay-Burnett	2008	8,399	29,734
Goondiwindi region	Goondiwindi	Darling Downs	2008	19,294	10,720
Southern Downs Region	Warwick	Darling Downs	2008	7.120	32,610
Toowoomba region	Toowoomba	Darling Downs	2008	12,973	151.283
Western Downs Region	Dalby	Darling Downs	2008	38.039	30,018
Central Highlands Region	Emerald	Central Queensland	2008	59,884	26,824
Gladstone Region	Gladstone	Central Queensland	2008	10,488	51,351
Isaac region	Clermont	Central Queensland	2008	58,862	20,443
Mackay region	Mackay	Central Queensland	2008	7,621	100,260
Rockhampton Region	Rockhampton	Central Queensland	2008	18,361	103.297
Woorabinda Shire	Woorabinda	Central Queensland	1986	391	1,035
Burdekin Shire	Ayr	North Queensland	1888	5,052	17,020
Charters Towers Region	Charters Towers	North Queensland	2008	68,388	12,280
Hinchinbrook Shire	Ingham	North Queensland	1879	2,811	12,260
Palm Island Shire	Great Palm Island	North Queensland	1986	71	1,984
Townsville City	Townsville	North Queensland	2008	3,733	164.008
Whitsunday region	Bowen	North Queensland	2008	23,856	30,719
Aurukun Shire	Aurukun	Far North Queensland	1978	7,375	1,044
Cairns region	Cairns	Far North Queensland	2008	4.128	142,723
Cassowary Coast Region	Innisfail	Far North Queensland	2008	4,701	30,843
Cook Shire	Cooktown	Far North Queensland	1919	106.188	3,464
Hope Vale Shire	Hopevale	Far North Queensland	1986	1,118	914
Kowanyama Shire	Kowanyama	Far North Queensland	1987	2,576	1,021
Lockhart River Shire	Lockhart River	Far North Queensland	1987	3,545	642
Mapoon Shire	Mapoon	Far North Queensland	2002	530	214
Napranum Shire	Napranum	Far North Queensland	1989	1.995	813
Northern Peninsula Area	Bamaga	Far North Queensland	2008	1,030	2.175
Pormpuraaw Shire	Pormpuraaw	Far North Queensland	1987	4,433	600
Tablelands region	Malanda	Far North Queensland	2008	64,999	42,145
Torres Shire	Thursday Island	Far North Queensland	1974	886	3.233
Torres Strait Island Region	Thursday Island	Far North Queensland	2008	489	4,434
Weipa Town	Weipa	Far North Queensland	1963	109	2,830
Wujal Wujal Shire	Wujal Wujal	Far North Queensland	1987	11	379
Yarrabah Shire	Yarrabah	Far North Queensland	1986	158	2,322
Burke Shire	Burketown	North West Queensland	1885	40.126	481
Carpentaria Shire	Normanton	North West Queensland	1883	64,373	2,290
Cloncurry Shire	Clon curry	North West Queensland	1884	48.113	3.834
Croydon Shire	Croydon	North West Queensland	1887	29,578	319
Doomadgee Shire	Doomadgee	North West Queensland	1987	1,862	1,236
Etheridge Shire	Georgetown	North West Queensland	1882	39,332	851
Flinders Shire	Hughenden	North West Queensland	1882	41,538	1,974
McKinlay Shire	Julia Creek	North West Queensland	1891	40,880	1,013
Mornington Shire	Gununa	North West Queensland	1978	1,232	1,044
Mount Isa City	Mount Isa	North West Queensland	1914	43,349	21,201
Richmond Shire	Richmond	North West Queensland	1910	26,602	1,148
Barcaldine region	Barcaldine	Central West Queensland	2008	53,677	3,503
Barcoo Shire	Jundah	Central West Queensland	1885	62.001	450
Blackall-Tambo Region	Blackall	Central West Queensland	2008	30,451	2,069
Boulia Shire	Boulia	Central West Queensland	1887	61.102	547
Diamantina Shire	Bedourie	Central West Queensland	1879	94,823	304
Longreach region	Longreach	Central West Queensland	2008	40,638	4,664
Winton Shire	Winton	Central West Queensland	1886	53,935	1,544
Balonne Shire	St George	South West Queensland	1883	31,150	5,627
Bulloo Shire	Thargomindah	South West Queensland	1880	73,807	457
Maranoa region	Roma	South West Queensland	2008	58,830	12,648
Murweh Shire	Charleville	South West Queensland	1879	40,742	5,026
Paroo Shire	Cunnamulla	South West Queensland	1879	47,714	2.114
Quilpie Shire	Quilpie	South West Queensland	1930	67,633	1,049

See also

• Former Local Government Areas in Queensland

Web links

• Queensland Government
• Local Government Association