Queensland regions
The Department of Communities has ten Queensland regions which covers 74 local government areas.
Far North Queensland | North Queensland | Mackay/Whitsunday | Fitzroy/Central West Queensland | Darling Downs/South West Queensland | Wide Bay Burnett | Sunshine Coast | Moreton | Greater Brisbane | Gold Coast
Far North Queensland
The Far North Queensland region region has 18 local government areas:
Aurukun, Cairns, Cassowary Coast, Cook, Croydon, Etheridge, Hope Vale, Kowanyama, Lockhart River, Mapoon, Napranum, Northern Peninsula Area, Pormpuraaw, Tablelands, Torres, Torres Strait Island, Wujal Wujal and Yarrabah.
The region is serviced by offices located in Atherton, Cairns, Innisfail and Tablelands. For further information contact your nearest regional office.
North Queensland
The North Queensland region region consists of 15 local government areas:
Boulia, Burdekin, Burke, Carpentaria, Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Doomadgee, Flinders, Hinchinbrook, McKinlay, Mornington, Mount Isa, Palm Island, Richmond and Townsville.
The region is serviced by offices located in Mount Isa and Townsville. For further information contact your nearest regional office.
Mackay/Whitsunday
The Mackay/Whitsunday region region includes the following 3 local government areas:
Isaac, Mackay and Whitsunday.
There are two regional offices in Mackay who service the region.
Fitzroy/Central West Queensland
The Fitzroy/Central West Queensland region region has 11 local government areas:
Barcaldine, Barcoo, Blackall-Tambo,Central Highlands, Diamantina, Gladstone, Longreach, Northern Banana, Rockhampton, Winton and Woorabinda.
The region is serviced by offices located in Emerald, Gladstone, Longreach and Rockhampton. For further information contact your nearest regional office.
Darling Downs/South West Queensland
The Darling Downs and South West region region includes the following 11 local government areas:
Balonne, Bulloo, Dalby, Goondiwindi, Murweh, Paroo, Quilpie, Roma, Southern Banana, Southern Downs, Toowoomba.
The region is serviced by offices located in Charleville, Roma and Toowoomba. For further information contact your nearest regional office.
Wide Bay Burnett
The Wide Bay Burnett region region consists of 6 local government areas:
Bundaberg, Cherbourg, Fraser Coast, North Burnett, Northern Gympie and South Burnett.
The region is serviced by offices located in Bundaberg, Cherbourg and Hervey Bay. For further information contact your nearest regional office.
Sunshine Coast
The Sunshine Coast region region has 4 local government areas:
Moreton Bay, Northern Somerset, Southern Gympie and Sunshine Coast.
The region is serviced by offices located in Caboolture, Maroochydore and Nambour. For further information contact your nearest regional office.
Moreton
The Moreton region region includes the following 5 local government areas:
Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Logan City, Scenic Rim and Southern Somerset.
This region is serviced by offices located in Ipswich and Logan. For further information contact your nearest regional office.
Greater Brisbane
The Greater Brisbane region region has 3 local government areas:
Brisbane, Moreton Bay and Redland.
This region is serviced by offices located in Bayside, Brisbane City, Mount Gravatt, Strathpine and Western Districts. For further information contact your nearest regional office.
Gold Coast
The Gold Coast region region is equivalent to the Gold Coast City local government area. There are two regional offices on the Gold Coast who service this region.

