Laffer, South Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Laffer
State:sa
Coord Ref:[1]
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pop:48
Established:24 August 2000
Postcode:5267[2]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:199
Dir1:SE
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:57
Dir2:SE
Location2:Bordertown.
Lga:Tatiara District Council
Region:Limestone Coast
County:Cardwell
Stategov:MacKillop[3]
Fedgov:Barker[4]
Maxtemp:22.9
Maxtemp Footnotes:[5]
Mintemp:8.0
Rainfall:408.1
Near-Ne:Keith
Near-E:Keith
Near-Se:Willalooka
Near-Sw:Tilley Swamp
Near-Nw:Bunbury
Near:Laffer
Noautocat:yes
Footnotes:Locations
Adjoining localities

Laffer is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state’s south-east about south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about west of the municipal seat in Bordertown.[1] [2]

Its boundaries were created on 24 August 2000. Its name is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Laffer which it occupies along with the locality of Mount Charles.[1] [6]

Land use within Laffer is ’primary production’. This includes land at the locality’s southern boundary which is occupied by the protected area known as the Gum Lagoon Conservation Park.[7] [1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Laffer had a population of 48 people.

Laffer is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Tatiara District Council.[4] [1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results for ‘Laffer, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions’, ‘Land Development Plan Zone Categories’ and 'Gazetteer'. Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. 29 December 2017.
  2. Web site: Postcode for Laffer, South Australia. Postcodes Australia. 29 December 2017.
  3. Web site: District of MacKillop Background Profile . Electoral Commission SA . 28 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112136/https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/electoral-boundaries/state-boundaries?view=article&id=386:mackillop . 29 December 2017 . dead .
  4. Web site: Federal electoral division of Barker . Australian Electoral Commission. 28 December 2017.
  5. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Summary statistics KEITH (MUNKORA) (nearest weather station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 29 December 2017.
  6. Web site: Search results for ‘Hundred of Laffer, HD’ with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', "Hundreds’ and 'Gazetteer'. Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. 29 December 2017.
  7. Web site: Development Plan - Tatiara Council - Consolidated – 24 October 2013 . Government of South Australia . 29 December 2017. 136 and 206–211.