Pressure washing and house washing in New Lambton

What do New Lambton's homes, from the flat east to the hilly west, need?

The suburb covers about 5.5 square kilometres: the east is level and only a few metres above sea level, while the west rises to around 90 m, and the whole south-west is Blackbutt Reserve, 182 hectares of bushland. It joined the City of Greater Newcastle in 1938, and during the Second World War its public school became No. 2 Fighter Sector Headquarters, which is why it may fly the RAAF Ensign.

Of 4,574 private dwellings in 2021, the occupied ones were 77.9% separate houses, 13.7% townhouses or semi-detached and 8.1% flats. Paving and concrete get pressure washing at a setting picked for each surface, and render and brick a house wash using solution; in strata, the owners corporation maintains common property.

Key figures

1889

New Lambton becomes a municipality

182 hectares

Blackbutt Reserve

4,574

private dwellings at the 2021 Census

Sources

• Wikipedia, New Lambton
• ABS 2021 Census QuickStats, New Lambton
• NSW Government, Strata repairs and maintenance
• NSW Spatial Services, Administrative Boundaries (postcode, council, distance, neighbours)