Download coordinates as: Cootharaba is a rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.

A section of Tewantin National Park has been established in the southwest of Cootharaba.

[7][8][9][10] Between 2008 and 2013, Cootharaba and the rest of Shire of Noosa was within the Sunshine Coast Region as a result of a forced amalgamation; however the decision was reversed and Shire of Noosa restored in 2014.

[11][12] In the 2011 census, Cootharaba and surrounding suburbs recorded a population of 791.

The nearest government secondary school is Noosa District State High School, which has its junior campus in neighbouring Pomona to the south-east and its senior campus in Cooroy to the south.