Exeter NSW 2579

Living Here

Exeter is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,087 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,914 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Southern Highlands statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Exeter itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Exeter Public School
  • Bundanoon Public School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Exeter General Store
• 1 park

  • Exeter Park
• 2 Catholic churches

  • St. Brigid's Catholic Church
  • St Patricks
• 1 vet

  • Bundanoon Veterinary Hospital
• 1 post office

  • Exeter Post Office
• 2 golf clubs

  • Mount Broughton Golf and Country Club
  • Moss Vale Golf Club
• 1 mechanic

  • Petersen's Garage

Getting around. Train station: Exeter, 1.1 km east · Airport: HMAS Albatross, 42.4 km south-east.

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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: 22.3% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 1.2% · Labour-force participation 55.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

5,393 bird observations recorded near Exeter — most often seen:

• South-eastern Crimson Rosella (311)
• Crimson Rosella (300)
• Australian Wood Duck (295)
• Australian Magpie (280)
• Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (266)
• Laughing Kookaburra (202)
• Pacific Black Duck (199)
• Eurasian Coot (187)
• Grey Teal (186)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (186)
• Southern Noisy Miner (182)
• Southern Laughing Kookaburra (176)
• South-eastern Brown Thornbill (175)

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 Exeter:

• Bundanoon (4.2 km)
• Sutton Forest (5.3 km)
• Werai (5.5 km)
• Meryla (8.2 km)
• Manchester Square (8.7 km)
• Moss Vale (9.7 km)
• Penrose (10.4 km)
• Belanglo (12.6 km)

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