[1][3] Effluence is some 980 kilometres from Sydney, and 180 km west of Bourke.

Effluence lies within a single statistical Mesh Block (2016 code 10137120000) that includes Waanaring and extends eastwards to near Kerribee Creek, and south to Utah Lake.

As such, there are no census data for the area separate from Waanaring.

[6] The economy in the parish is based on broad acre agriculture, mainly Cattle, and sheep goats.

There is an all-weather airstrip for the town of Waanaring (code YWAG[7]) located in Effluence.