The Esk Kilcoy Road passes through the locality, entering from the south-west (Coal Creek) and exiting to the north-east (the locality of Lake Wivenhoe).[4]
Caboonbah Homestead was built in 1889-90 for grazier Henry Plantagenet Somerset and his wife Katherine Rose (née McConnel) and their family.[5] It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 12 December 1996.[5] It was destroyed by fire in 2009 and removed from the Queensland Heritage Register in 2014.[6] Caboonbah Homestead was on Esk-Kilcoy Road, now with the neighbouring locality of Lake Wivenhoe.[5]
In the 2016 census, Caboonbah had a population of 14 people.[9]
In the 2021 census, Caboonbah had a population of 13 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Caboonbah. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Toogoolawah State School and Toogoolawah State High School respectively, both in Toogoolawah to the north-west.[4]