Editing Cockatoo, Victoria (section)

==Present day==

Cockatoo has a community shopping centre which includes supermarket, hairdressing salon, smokehouse, pharmacy, yoga studio, opportunity shop, cafés and various takeaway stores. Cockatoo has recently built a town centre garden square.

===Services===

A mobile library service is available at the Community Hall carpark on Thursday evenings. The town has a community garden site at Elma Treloar Reserve growing various fruit and vegetables. Cockatoo Primary School, near the town centre, recently celebrated its centenary.

Other services in the town include:
* Kindergartens
* Youth & Health Centres
* Bendigo Bank Branch
* Licensed Post Office
* Church
* Charity Store
* Country Fire Authority (CFA) Station
* [[Returned and Services League of Australia|RSL]] Club
* Child Care Centre
* Veterinary  clinic

===Community organisations===
* Cockatoo Neighbourhood House
* Hills Community Gardens
* [[Men's shed]]

===Sporting===

Cockatoo has two main sporting areas: Mountain Road reserve, which has a [[Australian Rules Football|football]] oval, netball courts, indoor YMCA Stadium and Little Athletics Course; and Bailey Road tennis courts. The Josie Bysouth reserve is a smaller ground mainly used for equestrian events and pony club. The main sport of the town is [[Australian Rules Football]] with the Gembrook-Cockatoo Football Club or "Brookers" representing the town in both the local senior and junior leagues in the [[Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League]].<ref name="d">{{Citation|last=Full Points Footy |title=Gembrook-Cockatoo |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/Gembrook_Cockatoo.htm |accessdate=2008-07-25 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430063200/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/gembrook_cockatoo.htm |archivedate=30 April 2008 }}</ref>

The town's other sporting teams include netball, cricket, tennis, equestrian, basketball, athletics and soccer.

A BMX track was constructed along Alma Treloar Reserve where it was opened to the public in 2020.

===Township Committee===

Cockatoo has a committee that lobbies local and state governments for funding and local recognition of the town; the committee meets monthly and discusses local issues and projects.