The Agile Wallaby is distributed in northern and northeastern Australia where it is found in a wide variety of habitats from open forest to grassland. See the distribution map at IUCN. It is one of the most common wallabies in Australia.

There is an excellent page on this species by Burian, J. 2002. "Macropus agilis" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed January 16, 2011 http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Macropus_agilis.html