Laffer, South Australia
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  Laffer | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 36°10′31″S 140°08′44″E / 36.175335°S 140.145692°E[1] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Limestone Coast[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 24 August 2000[2] | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 48 (2016 census)[5] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+10:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5267[6] | ||||||||||||
| County | Cardwell[1] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 22.9 °C (73.2 °F)[7] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 8.0 °C (46.4 °F)[7] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 408.1 mm (16.07 in)[7] | ||||||||||||
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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][6]
Its boundaries were created on 24 August 2000.[2] 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.[5]
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]
