Cockatoo VIC 3781

Living Here

Cockatoo is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 4,408 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $1,991 a week, with median rent near $370 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $737,500.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Emerald - Cockatoo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cockatoo itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 4 schools

  • Cockatoo Primary School
  • Emerald Secondary College
  • Gembrook Primary School
  • Emerald Primary School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Brunch on McBride
• 5 parks

  • First Avenue Reserve
  • Cockatoo Recreation Reserve
  • Mountain Road Recreation Reserve
  • Dunstan Road Reserve
  • Belgrave-Gembrook Road Linear Reserve
• 1 Catholic church

  • Roman Catholic Chapel
• 1 medical clinic

  • Cockatoo Family Medical Practice
• 1 dentist

  • Cockatoo Dental
• 3 vets

  • Emerald Veterinary Clinic
  • Elite Equine Veterinarians
  • Gembrook Veterinary Clinic
• 3 childcare & kindergartens

  • Cockatoo Community Childcare
  • Cockatoo Kindergarten
  • Avonsleigh Preschool
• 1 library

  • Emerald Library
• 1 post office

  • Cockatoo Post Office
• 1 service station

  • Independent
• 1 golf club

  • Cardinia Beaconhills Golf Links
• 2 hardware stores

  • Mitre 10
  • Emerald Hire
• 2 hairdressers

  • Melissa Jane Hairdressing
  • Top Hedz

Getting around. Railway halt: Fielder, 1.5 km south-east · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 35.1 km west.

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Sport & Recreation

4 facilities recorded in Cockatoo.

• Cockatoo Bowls & Tennis Club BMX, Lawn Bowls, Skating, Tennis (Outdoor)
• Cockatoo Indoor Sports Complex Basketball
• Josie Bysouth Reserve Equestrian
• Mountain Rd Recreation Reserve Athletics, Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball

Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 45.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 67.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

10,605 bird observations recorded near Cockatoo — most often seen:

• Crimson Rosella (676)
• Brown Thornbill (539)
• Helmeted Honeyeater (538)
• Laughing Kookaburra (527)
• Grey Fantail (461)
• Eurasian Blackbird (452)
• Eastern Yellow Robin (434)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (409)
• Superb Fairy-wren (409)
• White-browed Scrubwren (379)
• White-throated Treecreeper (376)
• Australian Magpie (363)
• Australian Wood Duck (340)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Cockatoo:

• Avonsleigh (2.6 km)
• Emerald (4.2 km)
• Mount Burnett (4.5 km)
• Gembrook (5.5 km)
• Dewhurst (5.6 km)
• Macclesfield (6 km)
• Clematis (6.6 km)
• Nangana (6.9 km)

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