Laffer South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 36°10′31″S 140°08′44″E / 36.175335°S 140.145692°E [1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 48 ( 2016 census) [2] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 24 August 2000 [3] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5267 [4] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST ( UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer ( DST) | ACST ( UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Tatiara District Council [1] | ||||||||||||||
Region | Limestone Coast [1] | ||||||||||||||
County | Cardwell [1] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | MacKillop [5] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Barker [6] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Locations
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[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]