Isolated community (9)

I believe the answer is:

backwater

(Other definitions for backwater that I've seen before include "Place where no development happens" , "in the sticks" , "place of inactivity" , "Stagnant part of a river" , "Isolated place" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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