Pressure cleaning in Camden and Narellan

At the 2021 Census, 92.5 per cent of the 37,171 occupied private dwellings in the Camden local government area were separate houses, and 1.0 per cent were flats or apartments. Across New South Wales it was 65.6 and 21.7 per cent.

Narellan follows the council area: 90.6 per cent separate houses of 1,200 occupied dwellings. The older town of Camden is a little different, with 73.8 per cent separate houses and 17.2 per cent semi detached and townhouses, of 1,283 dwellings.

So a job here is almost always a house: walls, gutters, a roof, a driveway, a patio.

Camden Council says the Nepean River and Wianamatta South Creek are the two main waterways in the local government area, and that both drain to the Hawkesbury River. They are the same two waterways Penrith names in its own area, further downstream.

Council says stormwater is collected separately from sewage and is not usually treated before it enters waterways, and that runoff from driveways, roads, roofs, car parks, footpaths and gardens travels through the stormwater system to local creeks.

Its stormwater pledge asks residents to sweep leaves and grass clippings into the green bin rather than washing them into kerbside drains, which it says cause local flooding and add unwanted nutrients. Gutters and paths are swept or collected before any water runs on our jobs for the same reason.

Camden Council says the South West Growth Area comprises 16 precincts across the Camden, Campbelltown and Liverpool local government areas. Among Camden's is the Turner Road precinct, covering Gledswood Hills and Gregory Hills.

New estates next to an established town means two kinds of house in the same postcode: a recent build carrying building dust, and an older one carrying years of growth on its shaded side.