The Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area is located in south-eastern New South Wales. The Council area encompasses a total land area of about 5,300 square kilometres. The Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area is predominantly rural, with growing residential and rural-residential areas, particularly in the west, closest to Canberra. The major towns are Queanbeyan and Bungendore, with smaller townships at Braidwood and Captains Flat, and several villages. Rural land is used mainly for sheep and cattle grazing, orchards, nurseries, crop growing, honey production and vineyards.

NOTE: The land use shown in the map is derived from ABS Mesh Block categories. Mesh Blocks broadly identify land use and are not designed to provide definitive land use. It is purely an indicator of the main planned land use for a Mesh Blocks. For more information please refer to ABS Mesh Block categories.