Cootharaba is a rural

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in the

Shire of Noosa The Shire of Noosa is a local government area about north of Brisbane in the Sunshine Coast district of South East Queensland, Australia. The shire covers an area of . It existed as a local government entity from 1910 until 2008, when it was ...

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, Australia. In the 2021 census, Cootharaba had a population of 866 people.

Geography

Lake Cootharaba Lake Cootharaba is a lake on the Noosa River within the locality of Noosa North Shore in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It is the gateway to the Everglades, a popular tourist attraction for Noosa, being 20 km away from Noosa. ...

forms part of the south-eastern boundary of Cootharaba. A section of Tewantin National Park has been established in the southwest of Cootharaba.

History

It is named after the

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name for the lake, which referred to the place where wood could be found for making notched or studded clubs. Cootharaba School opened circa 1875 and closed circa 1891. Cootharaba Road Provisional School opened on 12 Feb 1894. On 7 June 1899, it became Cootharaba Road State School. It closed in 1965. Cooroora Provisional School opened on 17 January 1898. On 1 January 1909, it became Cooroora State School. In 1911, it was renamed Kareewa State School. In 1933, it was renamed Boreen Junction State School. It closed in 1947. It was at 24 Cootharaba Road (). Cootharaba Lake State School opened on 23 August 1909. It closed in 1943. It was located on the corner of Lake Flat Road and Kildeys Road (approx ). Between 2008 and 2013, Cootharaba and the rest of Shire of Noosa was within the

Sunshine Coast Region The Sunshine Coast Region is a local government area located in the Sunshine Coast district of South East Queensland, Australia. It was created by the amalgamation in 2008 of the City of Caloundra and the Shires of Maroochy and Noosa. It co ...

as a result of a forced amalgamation; however the decision was reversed and Shire of Noosa restored in 2014.

Demographics

In the , Cootharaba and surrounding suburbs recorded a population of 791. The residential population grew to 834 and 866 people in 2016 and 2021 respectively.

Crime and disadvantage

Cootharaba has a total violent crime rate of 1 incident per 218 residents, positioning it within the bottom 11% compared to the Sunshine Coast region. The area also has a low rate of drug offences (1 incident per 45.9 residents), which is within the bottom 20% of the Sunshine Coast region.

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