Suburb profile

Exeter NSW 2579

Exeter is located in the Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven region of New South Wales, postcode 2579. It has 715 properties across 36 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Exeter, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Exeter

Exeter, NSW 2579, sits in the Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven region and neighbours Sutton Forest, Werai, Bundanoon and Penrose. Its 36 streets hold 715 properties, 714 of them houses and 1 a unit.

Census figures are for the Southern Highlands statistical area, which has 7,250 residents, a median age of 53 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income is $1,574 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,108 a month and the median rent $400 a week. Of 2,792 dwellings, 2,737 were separate houses, 19 semi-detached, 23 flats and 14 other; 1,463 were owned outright, 874 owned with a mortgage and 352 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Exeter

  • 7,250Peoplelive in the area
  • 53Median ageyears
  • $1,574Median household incomea week
  • $400Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,737
  • Townhouses and semis19
  • Flats and apartments23
  • Other14

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,108a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,463Owned with a mortgage 874Rented 352Other 103

Schools in Exeter

  • Exeter Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Exeter

Neighbouring suburbs

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.