Laffing Waters NSW 2795
53 addresses · 5 streets
Calare Electorate › Bathurst Regional LGA › Laffing Waters · 157 km from Sydney
Living Here
Laffing Waters is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 98 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,285 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bathurst - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Laffing Waters itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
2 Catholic churches
1 optometrist
2 hospitals
1 gym
1 golf club
1 mechanic
3 electricians
1 plumber
Getting around. Train station: Bathurst, 6.2 km south-west · Airport: Bathurst Airport, 4.9 km south-east.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 2.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 2.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 2.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Laffing Waters
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 18 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 14 |
| 55-64 | 17 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Laffing Waters
| House | 32 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Laffing Waters
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Laffing Waters
| Australian | 48 |
|---|---|
| English | 39 |
| Irish | 18 |
| Other | 11 |
| Dutch | 10 |
| Aboriginal | 6 |
Housing tenure in Laffing Waters
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 14 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Laffing Waters
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Laffing Waters
| Car | 40 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Laffing Waters
| New Zealand | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
24,023 bird observations recorded near Laffing Waters — most often seen:
- Magpie-lark (1,651)
- Common Starling (1,635)
- Australian Magpie (1,619)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,391)
- Crested Pigeon (1,250)
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,224)
- House Sparrow (1,088)
- Grey Teal (994)
- Dusky Moorhen (929)
- Australian Wood Duck (925)
- Masked Lapwing (914)
- Galah (880)
- Willie Wagtail (825)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Laffing Waters
- Red Wattlebird (738)
- Eurasian Coot (685)
- Pied Currawong (614)
- Common Myna (598)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (587)
- Eurasian Blackbird (574)
- Australasian Grebe (540)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (540)
- Welcome Swallow (484)
- Australasian Shoveler (468)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (460)
- White-faced Heron (456)
- Red-rumped Parrot (432)
- Australian Raven (417)
- Hardhead (411)
- Silvereye (358)
- European Goldfinch (336)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Laffing Waters:
- Kelso (3.5 km)
- Forest Grove (3.8 km)
- Yarras (5.4 km)
- Bathurst (6 km)
- Raglan (6.1 km)
- West Bathurst (6.2 km)
- Llanarth (6.7 km)
- Abercrombie (6.7 km)
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Streets
- Ardsley Lane (2)
- Clairvaux Lane (1)
- Fleming Drive (18)
- Laffing Waters Lane (21)
- Sofala Road (11)
