Local government areas of Queensland

Map of LGAs

This is a list of local government areas (LGAs) in Queensland, sorted by region. For the history and responsibilities of local government in that state, see Local government in Queensland.

LGAs sorted by region

Name	Council seat	Region	Year Estab.	Area (km²)	Pop'n (2006)	Notes	Map
City of Brisbane	Brisbane	South East Queensland	1924	1,367	956,129	Capital city of Queensland Administers the central portion of the South East Queensland agglomeration Amalgamation of cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane, towns of Hamilton, Ithaca, Sandgate, Toowong, Windsor and Wynnum, and shires of Balmoral, Belmont, Coorparoo, Enoggera, Kedron, Moggill, Sherwood, Stephens, Taringa, Tingalpa (part of), Toombul and Yeerongpilly (part of).
Gold Coast City	Surfers Paradise	South East Queensland	1948	1,358	455,419		100px
City of Ipswich	Ipswich	South East Queensland	1860	1,089	142,525
Lockyer Valley Region	Gatton	South East Queensland	2008	2,273	31,138
Logan City	Logan Central	South East Queensland	1978	913	253,864
Moreton Bay Region	Strathpine	South East Queensland	2008	2,011	337,846	Amalgamation of City of Redcliffe and the shires of Pine Rivers and Caboolture.
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
Shire of Banana	Biloela	Wide Bay-Burnett	1879	28,577	15,773
Bundaberg Region	Bundaberg	Wide Bay-Burnett	2008	6,451	86,364
Aboriginal Shire of Cherbourg	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	On 15 March 2008, the Shire of Cooloola merged with the Shire of Kilkivan and Division 3 (Theebine/Gunalda areas) of Shire of Tiaro to form the Gympie Region.
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	2008 Amalgamation of Town of Dalby, Shire of Chinchilla, Shire of Murilla, Shire of Tara, Shire of Wambo and Division 2 of Shire of Taroom to form the Dalby Region. Renamed Western Downs Region in August 2009.	File:Dalby LGA Qld 2008.png
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
Aboriginal Shire of Woorabinda	Woorabinda	Central Queensland	1986	391	1,035
Shire of Burdekin	Ayr	North Queensland	1888	5,052	17,020
Charters Towers Region	Charters Towers	North Queensland	2008	68,388	12,280
Shire of Hinchinbrook	Ingham	North Queensland	1879	2,811	12,260
Aboriginal Shire of Palm Island	Palm Island	North Queensland	1986	71	1,984
City of Townsville	Townsville	North Queensland	2008	3,733	164,008
Whitsunday Region	Bowen	North Queensland	2008	23,856	30,719
Shire of Aurukun	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
Shire of Cook	Cooktown	Far North Queensland	1919	106,188	3,464
Hopevale	Hopevale	Far North Queensland	1986	1,118	914
Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama	Kowanyama	Far North Queensland	1987	2,576	1,021
Lockhart River	Lockhart River	Far North Queensland	1987	3,545	642
Mapoon Aboriginal Shire	Mapoon	Far North Queensland	2002	530	214
Napranum Aboriginal Shire	Napranum	Far North Queensland	1989	1,995	813
Northern Peninsula Area Region	Bamaga	Far North Queensland	2008	1,030	2,175
Aboriginal Shire of Pormpuraaw	Pormpuraaw	Far North Queensland	1987	4,433	600
Tablelands Region	Malanda	Far North Queensland	2008	64,999	42,145
Shire of Torres	Thursday Island	Far North Queensland	1974	886	3,233
Torres Strait Island Region	Thursday Island	Far North Queensland	2008	489	4,434
Weipa	Weipa	Far North Queensland	1963	10.9	2,830	Administered under own Act by Rio Tinto Alcan
Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire	Wujal Wujal	Far North Queensland	1987	11	379
Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah	Yarrabah	Far North Queensland	1986	158	2,322
Shire of Burke	Burketown	North West	1885	40,126	481
Shire of Carpentaria	Normanton	North West	1883	64,373	2,290
Shire of Cloncurry	Cloncurry	North West	1884	48,113	3,834
Shire of Croydon	Croydon	North West	1887	29,578	319
Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee	Doomadgee	North West	1987	1,862	1,236
Shire of Etheridge	Georgetown	North West	1882	39,332	851
Shire of Flinders	Hughenden	North West	1882	41,538	1,974
Shire of McKinlay	Julia Creek	North West	1891	40,880	1,013
Shire of Mornington	Gununa	North West	1978	1,232	1,044
City of Mount Isa	Mount Isa	North West	1914	43,349	21,201
Shire of Richmond	Richmond	North West	1910	26,602	1,148
Barcaldine Region	Barcaldine	Central West	2008	53,677	3,503
Shire of Barcoo	Jundah	Central West	1885	62,001	450
Blackall-Tambo Region	Blackall	Central West	2008	30,451	2,069
Shire of Boulia	Boulia	Central West	1887	61,102	547
Shire of Diamantina	Bedourie	Central West	1879	94,823	304
Longreach Region	Longreach	Central West	2008	40,638	4,664
Shire of Winton	Winton	Central West	1886	53,935	1,544
Shire of Balonne	St George	South West	1883	31,150	5,627
Shire of Bulloo	Thargomindah	South West	1880	73,807	457
Maranoa Region	Roma	South West	2008	58,830	12,648	Renamed from Roma in June 2009
Shire of Murweh	Charleville	South West	1879	40,742	5,026
Shire of Paroo	Cunnamulla	South West	1879	47,714	2,114
Shire of Quilpie	Quilpie	South West	1930	67,633	1,049

See also

• List of former local government areas of Queensland
• List of places in Queensland by population

External links

• Shires of Australia at statoids.com