Laffer SA 5267
37 addresses · 10 streets
Barker Electorate › Tatiara LGA › Laffer · 198 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Laffer is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 53 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $1,687 a week, with median rent near $90 a week. Most homes are houses. About 31% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Ancestry NS, English. 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 Tatiara statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Laffer itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 8.1% 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 | 8.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 6.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Laffer
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Laffer
| House | 13 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Laffer
| Australian | 30 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 19 |
| English | 17 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Laffer
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Laffer
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Laffer
| Car | 16 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Languages used at home in Laffer
| French | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
89 bird observations recorded near Laffer — most often seen:
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (7)
- White-faced Heron (6)
- Australian Shelduck (5)
- Eastern Galah (5)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (5)
- Australian Magpie (4)
- Birds (4)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (4)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (4)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (4)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (4)
- White-fronted Chat (4)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Laffer
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (3)
- Spotted Pardalote (3)
- Giinbaywarraymal (2)
- Grey Fantail (2)
- Restless Flycatcher (2)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (2)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (2)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (2)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (2)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (2)
- White-necked Heron (2)
- Australian Pipit (1)
- Black Swan (1)
- Black-shouldered Kite (1)
- Black-tailed Native-hen (1)
- Black-winged Currawong (1)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (1)
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 Laffer:
- Mount Charles (9.4 km)
- Bunbury (16.6 km)
- Keith (16.9 km)
- Petherick (20.5 km)
- Coombe (22.2 km)
- Willalooka (25.9 km)
- Brimbago (27.6 km)
- Deepwater (27.9 km)
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Streets
- Cadzow Road (7)
- Cantara Road (11)
- Hundred Line Road (1)
- May Road (1)
- Mount Charles Road (5)
- Napper Road (3)
- Nicholls Road (3)
- Synott Road (1)
- Synotts Road (1)
- Wicks Road (4)
