Laffer, South Australia

Laffer
South Australia
Laffer is located in South Australia
Laffer
Laffer
Coordinates36°10′31″S 140°08′44″E / 36.175335°S 140.145692°E / -36.175335; 140.145692[1]
Population48 (2016 census)[2]
Established24 August 2000[3]
Postcode(s)5267[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Tatiara District Council[1]
RegionLimestone Coast[1]
CountyCardwell[1]
State electorate(s)MacKillop[5]
Federal division(s)Barker[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
22.9 °C
73 °F
8.0 °C
46 °F
408.1 mm
16.1 in
Suburbs around Laffer:
Bunbury Mount Charles Keith
Bunbury Laffer Keith
Tilley Swamp Petherick Willalooka
FootnotesLocations[4][1]
Adjoining localities[1]

Laffer is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state’s south-east about 199 kilometres (124 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 57 kilometres (35 mi) west of the municipal seat in Bordertown.[1][4]

Its boundaries were created on 24 August 2000.[3] Its name is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Laffer which it occupies along with the locality of Mount Charles.[1][8]

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.[9][1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Laffer had a population of 48 people.[2]

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.[6][1][5]

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  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Laffer (SA)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 December 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 596, 24 August 2000, retrieved 28 December 2017
  4. ^ a b c "Postcode for Laffer, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  5. ^ a b "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  7. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Summary statistics KEITH (MUNKORA) (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  8. ^ "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. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Development Plan - Tatiara Council - Consolidated – 24 October 2013" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 136 and 206–211. Retrieved 29 December 2017.