Type: | suburb |
Cooroibah | |
City: | Noosa |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -26.3319°N 153.0011°W |
Local Map: | yes |
Zoom: | 11 |
Pop: | 2178 |
Postcode: | 4565 |
Area: | 32.3 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 7.2 |
Dir1: | N |
Location1: | Tewantin |
Dist2: | 16.2 |
Dir2: | NW |
Location2: | Sunshine Beach |
Dist3: | 44.8 |
Dir3: | N |
Location3: | Maroochydore |
Dist4: | 150 |
Dir4: | N |
Location4: | Brisbane |
Lga: | Shire of Noosa |
Stategov: | Noosa |
Fedgov: | Wide Bay |
Near-N: | Ringtail Creek |
Near-Ne: | Noosa North Shore |
Near-E: | Noosa North Shore |
Near-Se: | Noosa North Shore |
Near-S: | Tewantin |
Near-Sw: | Tinbeerwah |
Near-W: | Lake Macdonald |
Near-Nw: | Ringtail Creek |
Cooroibah is a locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Cooroibah had a population of 2,178 people.
A section of the Great Sandy National Park has been established in the north of Cooroibah. The Noosa River marks part of the northeast boundary and the whole of Lake Cooroibah is part of the suburb. The southern boundary continues along part of Cooroibah Creek. The largest flood event recorded at Lake Cooroibah was 2.55 metres in 1992.[2]
The name is Aboriginal for "place of possums".[3]
From 2008 to 2013, Cooroibah was within the Sunshine Coast Region due to the amalgamation and then de-amalgamation of the Shire of Noosa into the Sunshine Coast Region.[4] [5]
In the, Cooroibah had a population of 1,744 people.
In the, Cooroibah had a population of 2,041 people.
In the, Cooroibah had a population of 2,178 people.
There are no schools in Cooroibah. The nearest government primary school is Tewantin State School in neighbouring Tewantin to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Sunshine Beach State High School in Sunshine Beach to the south-east.