| Type: | town |
| Kaoota | |
| State: | tas |
| Pop: | 202 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Gazetted: | 1971 |
| Postcode: | 7150 |
| Elevation: | 408 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Region: | Hobart, South-east |
| Location1: | Kingston |
| Dist1: | 18 |
| Dir1: | SW |
| Lga: | Kingborough, Huon Valley |
| Stategov: | Franklin |
| Fedgov: | Franklin |
| Near-Nw: | Sandfly |
| Near-N: | Sandfly |
| Near-Ne: | Allens Rivulet |
| Near-E: | Allens Rivulet |
| Near-W: | Sandfly, Pelverata |
| Near-Sw: | Pelverata |
| Near-S: | Pelverata |
| Near-Se: | Margate |
Kaoota is a rural residential locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Kingborough and Huon Valley in the Hobart and South-east LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Kingston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 202 for the state suburb of Kaoota.[1]
Kaoota was gazetted as a locality in 1971. The name is believed to be an Aboriginal word for “dusk”.[3]
The area was originally settled as a coal mining town.[4]
Most of the boundaries are survey lines.
Route C621 (Pelverata Road) runs through from north to south-west.[3] [5]