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Queensland Map

Every local government area, city and town in Queensland on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and local government areas above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a local government area to see its population, area and largest towns.

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Printable maps of Queensland

Free to print for class and home: Queensland with its cities and towns, a map of its local government areas, and a blank outline map. PDFs fit one A4 or US Letter page.

Queensland map with cities

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Queensland local government areas map

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Blank map of Queensland

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About Queensland

Queensland has 78 local government areas and about 5,669,764 people (2025) on 1,730,171 km² (668,022 sq mi). Brisbane is both the capital and the largest city, with 2,287,896 people (2021). It borders New South Wales, South Australia and Northern Territory.

Brisbane is the most populous local government area (1,375,301 people) and Diamantina the least (265); Cook is the largest by area (105,718 km²) and Weipa the smallest (10 km²).

Largest cities in Queensland

The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 183 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.

#CityLocal government areaPopulation
1BrisbaneBrisbane2,287,896
2Gold CoastGold Coast607,665
3Sunshine CoastSunshine Coast284,131
4TownsvilleTownsville173,724
5CairnsCairns153,181
6ToowoombaToowoomba108,398
7MackayMackay80,455
8RockhamptonRockhampton63,151
9Hervey BayFraser Coast57,722
10BundabergBundaberg52,370
11GladstoneGladstone34,703
12MaryboroughFraser Coast22,237
13NambourSunshine Coast20,918
14Bongaree - WoorimMoreton Bay20,612
15GympieGympie19,435
16YeppoonLivingstone18,789
17Mount IsaMount Isa17,936
18WarwickSouthern Downs14,110
19EmeraldCentral Highlands14,089
20Bargara - Innes ParkBundaberg13,000
21DalbyWestern Downs12,082
22GracemereRockhampton11,534
23Airlie Beach - CannonvaleWhitsunday10,646
24HighfieldsToowoomba10,259
25YarrabilbaLogan10,240

Local government area and state populations are the ABS's estimated resident population at 30 June 2025; town populations are 2021 Census counts for the ABS's urban centres and localities, so a city such as Brisbane includes its suburbs.

Local government areas of Queensland

All 78 local government areas. Select one to show it on the map.

Local government areas of Queensland. Select a column heading to sort; select a name to show it on the map.
Shire1,1657,424
Shire4,35031,104
Shire15,14428,550
Regional Council2,93753,383
Shire32161,830
Regional Council1,97530,537
Shire48960,906
City1,375,3011,343
Shire34773,722
Regional Council107,2976,431
Shire17,2205,044
Shire44939,681
Regional Council179,3341,689
Shire2,24764,121
Regional Council30,6664,688
Regional Council29,48159,835
Regional Council12,08868,382
Aboriginal Shire1,28932
Shire3,90747,971
Shire4,876105,718
Shire27329,498
Shire26594,722
Aboriginal Shire1,4841,828
Shire13,1692,428
Shire72739,199
Shire1,54541,200
Regional Council122,9247,105
Regional Council69,04610,484
City691,2301,333
Regional Council10,43819,266
Regional Council58,4876,884
Shire11,1942,807
Aboriginal Shire1,0731,112
City268,2721,094
Regional Council23,18658,708
Aboriginal Shire1,1552,555
Shire43,66811,758
Aboriginal Shire7023,577
Regional Council46,0582,269
City403,515958
Regional Council3,74140,572
Regional Council129,2537,613
Aboriginal Shire494537
Regional Council13,37058,719
Shire24,20553,491
Shire85040,737
City532,4452,041
Shire1,0991,248
City18,58543,715
Shire4,00440,700
Aboriginal Shire9522,004
Shire59,551870
Regional Council10,56219,670
Regional Council2,9441,052
Aboriginal Shire2,33572
Shire1,72447,615
Aboriginal Shire6504,395
Shire72067,415
City172,831537
Shire78826,581
Regional Council85,7946,570
Regional Council46,9474,243
Regional Council26,9365,373
Regional Council35,1118,382
Regional Council38,0647,106
Regional Council381,9572,254
Regional Council27,90211,293
Regional Council186,27612,957
Shire3,490884
Regional Council4,298490
City206,2603,731
Town4,29710
Regional Council35,45237,923
Regional Council41,37423,819
Shire1,15253,813
Aboriginal Shire1,087391
Aboriginal Shire30112
Aboriginal Shire2,669159

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Sources

  • Local government areas: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), Local Government Areas 2025 (geo.abs.gov.au).
  • Populations: ABS, Estimated Resident Population at 30 June 2025, by local government area and state (Regional population; ABS Data API, ERP_LGA2025).
  • Council names: Geoscape Administrative Boundaries, Local Government Areas, published by Geoscience Australia (Digital Atlas of Australia).
  • Towns: ABS, Urban Centres and Localities 2021 (ASGS Edition 3), with their 2021 Census usual resident counts (Census 2021, table G01; ABS Data API, C21_G01_UCL).
  • Neighbouring states and territories: ABS, ASGS Edition 3, States and Territories 2021.
  • Highways: Geoscape Major Roads, published by Geoscience Australia (Digital Atlas of Australia): national and state highways.