House washing and driveway pressure washing in Umina Beach

What do homes on Umina Beach's sand flats need?

Umina Beach sits on the sandy peninsula at the mouth of the Hawkesbury River, laid down by waves, tides and the sandstone headlands around it, with one unbroken shoreline split in name into Umina Beach and Ocean Beach. Its first land subdivision came in 1914, which is why the suburb marked its centenary in 2014.

With 76.7% separate houses and 13.6% townhouses or semi-detached homes, most properties have walls, eaves and a driveway of their own. Wind-blown sand and salt settle on both, so walls take a low-pressure house wash and concrete driveways pressure washing for mould or moss, which Central Coast Council's Water Wise Rules list as a reason to pressure clean a hard surface.

Key figures

7,861

private dwellings at the 2021 Census

1914

the first land subdivision

76.7%

of occupied dwellings were separate houses in 2021

Sources

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