The Tablelands Regional Council area is located in Far North Queensland. The Council area encompasses a total land area of about 11,000 square kilometres. The Tablelands Regional Council area includes significant areas of national park and state forest, rural areas and growing rural-residential and urban/township areas. The primary regional centre is Atherton, with smaller townships at Herberton and Malanda, and villages at Millaa Millaa, Ravenshoe, Tinaroo, Tolga and Yungaburra. Rural land is used mainly for agricultural purposes and mining, with some timber production and tourism.

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.