Roof cleaning and house washing in Tumbi Umbi

How do Tumbi Umbi's lakeside estates and rural blocks differ?

Tumbi Umbi runs from the shore of Tuggerah Lake and its creek to rural land around Tumbi Road and Palm Valley Road. Much of it was swamp, since drained and built over with housing, industrial estates, a school and Mingara Recreation Club, and the denser streets line Wyong Road beside Berkeley Vale, Killarney Vale and Bateau Bay.

Separate houses made up 81.0% of occupied homes in 2021, attached dwellings 18.5%. On the larger houses a low-pressure roof clean and a house wash can be done together, and concrete driveways take pressure washing: mould and moss are among the reasons the Coast's water rules accept for pressure cleaning a hard surface.

Key figures

50.1%

of homes had four or more bedrooms in 2021

81.0%

of occupied dwellings were separate houses

Sources

• Wikipedia, Tumbi Umbi
• ABS 2021 Census QuickStats, Tumbi Umbi
• Central Coast Council (Love Water), Water Wise Rules
• NSW Spatial Services, Administrative Boundaries (postcode, council, distance, neighbours)