House washing and roof cleaning in Magenta

What do Magenta Shores homes need when they stand empty for weeks?

Magenta was only recognised as a locality in 1991. Before that the land was used for rutile mining and as The Entrance's rubbish tip; today Wilfred Barrett Drive runs through it from The Entrance to Toukley, and the Magenta Shores Golf Resort combines an 18-hole course, private housing and a resort. Its homes are split almost evenly between separate houses (51.4%) and townhouses or semi-detached homes (47.9%).

With 47.1% of private dwellings empty on Census night, many homes here are holiday or second homes that sit closed between visits, close to the ocean and the national park. COLORBOND advises hosing the parts of a steel home that rain never washes at least every six months, and more often near the coast. A house wash ahead of the holidays takes in the walls, the eaves and the tops of garage doors, and window cleaning can be added to the booking.

Key figures

1991

Magenta is recognised as a locality

47.1%

of private dwellings unoccupied on Census night, 2021

18

holes at Magenta Shores, among its private housing

Sources

• Wikipedia, Magenta, New South Wales
• ABS 2021 Census QuickStats, Magenta
• BlueScope TB-4, maintenance of exterior coated steel (January 2021)
• NSW Spatial Services, Administrative Boundaries (postcode, council, distance, neighbours)