NSW · Wingecarribee Council
Exeter, 2579
Current weather
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Updated
Desirability score
- Green suburb
- Excellent transport
- Education hub
- High desirability
- Café precinct
Suburb profile
In Wingecarribee, Exeter keeps a rural calm, a smaller community with room to breathe and a strong local rhythm. Life revolves around the local community, with the wider region offering trips and services when needed. The landscape itself is part of the lifestyle: open paddocks, big skies and room to breathe.
A mature community gives the area a calm, settled social fabric, with families and grandchildren still a visible part of community life. Everyday life leans local, with a handful of trusted shops, a familiar main street and neighbours who know your name. Pocket parks and green corners give residents room to get outside without leaving the neighbourhood.
Buses and nearby services make commuting and cross-suburb trips straightforward. Homes here are sought-after, with many people drawn to the lifestyle the area offers.
The desirability score is around average, weighed down by weaker local dining and lifestyle amenities and housing affordability against similar regional towns, even with growth momentum and community and employment holding up better. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.
Population
- Population
- 1,087
- Median age
- 53
- Median household income / week
- $1,914
- Dwelling vacancy
- 16.6%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 85 of 512
- Median monthly mortgage
- $2,383
- Employment rate
- 54.7%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 16 / 0 / 0
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 Census release
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Housing
- Houses (January to March 2026)
- $570
Median weekly rent from NSW DCJ rent tables. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- DCJ rent tables — NSW Department of Communities and Justice · Period: January to March 2026 · Updated on site · Quarterly releases
Crime & safety
- Total offences (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025)
- 47
- Against the person
- 11
- Against property
- 25
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 43.2
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 99 residents
- State safety percentile
- 18.7th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate)
- -1.8%
Reported offences decreased compared with the previous period.
Reported offences by period
Most common offence types
- Break And Enter Dwelling11
- Fraud40
- Intimidation, Stalking And Harassment23
- Malicious Damage To Property19
- Motor Vehicle Theft11
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- BOCSAR postcode crime statistics — NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research · Period: Jan 2024 to Dec 2024 → Jan 2025 to Dec 2025; Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Updated on site · Rolling 12-month windows
Schools & preschools
- Schools & preschools
- 1
- Median school ICSEA
- 1,030
- Exeter Public SchoolPrimary
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · Period: 2025 · Updated on site · Annual ACARA release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · Period: 2025 · Updated on site · Annual ACARA release
Public transport
99 public transport stops in this suburb
- ENT Bundanoon Rd
- ENT Ringwood Rd
- Exeter Rd Opp Exeter Oval
- Exeter Station
- Level Crossing
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Public transport stop coverage
Data sources & freshness
- Timetables Complete GTFS stops (© Transport for NSW, CC BY 4.0) — Transport for NSW — Open Data Hub · Period: current · Updated on site · GTFS static feed (updated nightly)
Planning & development
Development applications from NSW Planning Portal (lodged 2020–2026).
192 planning-related records
2026· 13 proposals
June 2026
- Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure13 VINE LODGE LANE EXETER 2579Additional Information Requested
- Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure15 VINE LODGE LANE EXETER 2579Under Assessment
- Secondary dwelling; Shed; Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure580 SALLYS CORNER ROAD EXETER 2579Under Assessment
May 2026
- Restaurant or cafe; Erection of a new structure61 SALLYS CORNER ROAD EXETER 2579Under Assessment
- Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure; Residential Accommodation18 SCHOOL LANE EXETER 2579Determined
- Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure; Residential Accommodation20 MIDDLE ROAD EXETER 2579Under Assessment
April 2026
- Secondary dwelling; Farm buildings; Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure; Tennis courts; Residential Accommodation267 BUNDANOON ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
March 2026
- SubdivisionMIDDLE ROAD EXETER 2579Additional Information Requested
- Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure; Residential Accommodation14-16 VINE LODGE LANE EXETER 2579Under Assessment
- Subdivision48-54 MIDDLE ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
February 2026
- Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure11 BUSKERS AVENUE EXETER 2579Determined
January 2026
- Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure24 VINE LODGE LANE EXETER 2579Determined
- Secondary dwelling; Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure; Residential Accommodation40 MORGANS ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
2025· 18 proposals
November 2025
- Subdivision440 STONEQUARRY CREEK ROAD EXETER 2579Withdrawn
- Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Balcony, deck, patio, terrace or verandah; Earthworks, retaining walls and structural support; Hot water systems; Skylights, roof windows and ventilators; Tennis courts397 OLD ARGYLE ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
- Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure24 NORWOOD STREET EXETER 2579Determined
October 2025
- Erection of a new structure; Garage, carport or carparking space4 WILSONS LANE EXETER 2579Withdrawn
September 2025
- Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure; Residential Accommodation414 ELLSMORE ROAD EXETER 2579Deferred Commencement
- Erection of a new structure; Agriculture183 RINGWOOD ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
July 2025
- Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure11 BUSKERS AVENUE EXETER 2579Determined
- Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure638 SALLYS CORNER ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
May 2025
- Secondary dwelling; Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Erection of a new structure; Cabanas, cubby houses, ferneries, garden sheds, gazebos and greenhouses; Swimming pool676 SALLYS CORNER ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
- Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Swimming pool299 SALLYS CORNER ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
April 2025
- Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure638 SALLYS CORNER ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
March 2025
- Subdivision70 WESTGROVE ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
- Subdivision267 BUNDANOON ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
February 2025
- Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure571 ELLSMORE ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
January 2025
- Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure416 ELLSMORE ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
- Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure; Residential Accommodation574A ELLSMORE ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
- Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure236 BUNDANOON ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
- Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure7 RINGWOOD LANE EXETER 2579Determined
2024· 9 proposals
December 2024
- Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure235 WERAI ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
- Erection of a new structure; Garage, carport or carparking space194 OLD ARGYLE ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
November 2024
- Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure; Residential Accommodation10 INDIGO LANE EXETER 2579Determined
- Erection of a new structure; Farm building431 Old Argyle Road exeter nsw 2579Determined
- Shed; Erection of a new structure; Agriculture211 SALLYS CORNER ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
October 2024
- Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure; Residential Accommodation18 SCHOOL LANE EXETER 2579Determined
- Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure42 PARSLAND CLOSE EXETER 2579Determined
- Shed; Erection of a new structure321 SALLYS CORNER ROAD EXETER 2579Determined
- Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure34 SCHOOL LANE EXETER 2579Determined
Contributes to desirability score · Future Growth (7%)
Development and planning activity
Data sources & freshness
- Online DA development application register — NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure · Period: 2020–2026 · Updated on site · Daily open-data feed (applications from Oct 2018)
Amenities
1 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
- Parking
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe).
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
Parks & reserves
1 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Exeter ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · Period: current · Updated on site
Socio-economic (SEIFA)
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 10/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 10/10
SEIFA indexes from ABS 2021. Decile 10 = most advantaged / least disadvantaged in Australia.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 SEIFA release
Heritage
1 state heritage place
- Exeter Railway Station groupMain Southern railway, ExeterSHR
Data sources & freshness
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · Period: current · Updated on site
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via NSW bush fire prone land mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · Period: current · Updated on site
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 9
- Parks (OSM)
- 2
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)
Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover features — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
Desirability Index
- Desirability score
- 42.0/100 — Average
- State standing
- Top 44% of New South Wales' suburbs
- National rank
- 2945th in Australia
- State rank
- 936th in NSW
- Peer rank
- #106 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #276 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 78%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived score) · Period: current · Updated on site · Derived from source metrics
Recent changes
- Parkingamenitiesparking
- Break And Enter Dwellingcrime11
- Fraudcrime40
- Intimidation, Stalking And Harassmentcrime23
- Malicious Damage To Propertycrime19
- Motor Vehicle Theftcrime11
- ENT Bundanoon Rdtransport
- ENT Ringwood Rdtransport
- Exeter Rd Opp Exeter Ovaltransport
- Exeter Stationtransport
Data sources & freshness
- BOCSAR postcode crime statistics — NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research · Updated on site · Rolling 12-month windows
- Timetables Complete GTFS stops (© Transport for NSW, CC BY 4.0) — Transport for NSW — Open Data Hub · Updated on site · GTFS static feed (updated nightly)
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
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