Cororooke

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Cororooke is a small town in Victoria, Australia, in the Colac Otway Shire. Its postcode is 3254 and 358 people lived there at the 2021 census.

What’s there
- The town has a post office and a general store.
- The Red Rock Regional Theatre and Gallery opened in 2011 on a former church site. It operates as a community theatre and gallery, runs a film society, an op shop called The Shop, and a restaurant called Stage Bistro.
- Cororooke Hall is a public hall in the main street that was moved to its current site in 1913.
- Cororooke Open Space is a two-hectare public park with a playground and BBQ area. It was donated by Fonterra in 2013 after the Cororooke Dairy Factory closed. The Cororooke Tennis Club uses the space.

History and major sites
- The Cororooke Dairy Factory was once a major local employer. It started as a second factory for the Colac Dairying Company and later belonged to Bonlac and then Fonterra. It closed in 2013, and the site was described as derelict in 2017.
- Cororooke State School opened around 1887–1888 and closed in 1953 when Alvie Consolidated School opened.
- The Post Office opened on 14 February 1887 and became a licensed Post Office on 9 September 1993. A short-lived Cororooke South postal receiving office operated from 1904 to 1905.
- St David’s Presbyterian Church was built in 1903, later closed, and sold around 2011.
- There was a Cororooke railway station on the Alvie branch from 1923 to 1954.

Demographics
- In 2021, the population was 358, up from 310 in 2016.
- The median age was 46.
- The population was very close to evenly split between males and females.
- The average household size was about 2.6 people.