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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%.

0%
In a flood area
0%
In a bushfire area
53
Mapped properties

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.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.
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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.

Houses
$728,000+5.05%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025
Units & apartments
$490,000+11.74%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

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:

Other88.7% of properties

Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.

Zone: Primary Production

Residential5.7% of properties

General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.

Zone: General Residential

Special purpose5.7% of properties

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

Australian49%
English39.8%
Irish18.4%
Dutch10.2%
Australian Aboriginal6.1%
Maori5.1%

Top countries of birth

New Zealand4.1%

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.

191
Dwellings/yr
145
Houses
46
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Bathurst council area (not just Laffing Waters). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Laffing Waters address:

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.