Laffing Waters flood & bushfire report
Of Laffing Waters’s 53 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 0% are in a bushfire hazard area.
For context, Laffing Waters’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is below the NSW average of 16.4%.
Crime near Laffing Waters
Laffing Waters sits in the Bathurst council area, which recorded 4,404 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 4,404 total. Figures are for the whole Bathurst council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Property values in Laffing Waters
Median sale price by property type, reported by postcode area — suburbs sharing a postcode show the same figure.
Indicative postcode-area estimate — NSW medians are reported by postcode, so Laffing Waters shares this figure with nearby suburbs in the same postcode. Not a valuation of any specific property. Source: NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report — sales tables (postcode).
Zoning in Laffing Waters
Laffing Waters is mostly other. The most common zones:
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Primary Production
General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.
Zone: General Residential
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure
School catchments in Laffing Waters
Laffing Waters can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Who lives in Laffing Waters
At the 2021 Census, 8.2% of Laffing Waters’s 98 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Laffing Waters
Bathurst council approved 191 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Bathurst council area (not just Laffing Waters). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
Nearby suburbs
Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.