| Type: | suburb |
| Cockatoo | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -25.6844°N 150.2813°W |
| Pop: | 41 |
| Postcode: | 4419 |
| Area: | 792.5 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 56.2 |
| Dir1: | E |
| Location1: | Taroom |
| Dist2: | 252 |
| Dir2: | SSE |
| Location2: | Biloela |
| Dist3: | 472 |
| Dir3: | NW |
| Location3: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Shire of Banana |
| Stategov: | Callide |
| Fedgov: | Flynn |
| Near-N: | Cracow |
| Near-Ne: | Eidsvold West |
| Near-E: | Sujeewong |
| Near-Se: | Sujeewong |
| Near-S: | Bungaban |
| Near-Sw: | Taroom |
| Near-W: | Taroom |
| Near-Nw: | Glebe |
Cockatoo is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Cockatoo had a population of 41 people.
Cockatoo Creek flows through Cockatoo from east to west, eventually flowing to the Dawson River at -25.4666°N 150.0333°W.[2]
Cockatoo State School opened on 23 January 1984 and closed on 31 December 2000.[3] [4] It was located in the south of Cockatoo on Pine Creek Road, possibly just over the border into present-day neighbouring Bungaban at -25.7895°N 150.2607°W.
In the 2011 census, the population of Cockatoo was not separately reported but was included within neighbouring Taroom which had a combined population of 873 people.
In the, Cockatoo had a population of 36 people.
In the, Cockatoo had a population of 41 people.
There are no schools in Cockatoo. The nearest school is Taroom State School in Taroom to the west which is a primary and secondary school to Year 10. There is no nearby secondary school to Year 12; distance education and boarding school are the alternatives.