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Cleaning Jobs in Newtown - Earn $60+/hr
Cleaning jobs in Newtown are built around the suburb's terrace houses and student share households, where high renter turnover near Sydney University keeps vacate cleaning work flowing all year.
Apply to clean with usWhat cleaners take home in Newtown
Every job through Nest and Nurture Society runs on the same fair-pay model in Newtown as everywhere else in Sydney. The business keeps a flat $20/hr, never a percentage, and the cleaner takes home the rest, a minimum of $60/hr on standard cleans. Same-day and priority cleans in Newtown charge out at a higher rate, pushing take-home well past $100/hr.
Newtown pay minimums
The business keeps a flat $20/hr, never a percentage. The cleaner is paid the job rate minus that flat fee.
These are minimums, not standard rates. Premium and same-day Newtown jobs charge out higher, and the full upside goes to the cleaner.
The work in Newtown
Newtown is a terrace-house and share-house suburb with heavy renter turnover, so vacate and end-of-lease cleans make up a large share of the work, alongside recurring cleans for the professional and creative households along King Street and Enmore Road. Jobs tend to be smaller and quicker to turn around than in the larger family-home suburbs.
Getting around Newtown
Newtown and Macdonaldtown stations sit on the T2 Inner West and Leppington Line, and buses run the length of King Street and Enmore Road into the CBD. It is a compact, walkable suburb for back-to-back jobs.
Nearby areas covered from Newtown
Cleaners based in Newtown often pick up jobs in these neighbouring suburbs too:
Why Nest and Nurture Society
Fair treatment of cleaners is the whole model, not a marketing line. The flat $20/hr fee means we never take a bigger cut on a higher-paying Newtown job, cleaners are paid every Wednesday for system-complete work, and every service runs through a structured checklist with GPS and photo proof so disputes get resolved fairly rather than falling on the cleaner.
What you need to apply
To apply as a Standard cleaner in Newtown you need genuine cleaning experience, an ABN, a current police check, public liability insurance, a car and a smartphone. The Family Certified track adds a Working With Children Check and a current whooping cough booster, and unlocks postpartum and family-home work, the highest-paying jobs on the system.
Newtown cleaning jobs FAQ
Where can I get a cleaning job in Newtown?
Nest & Nurture Society hires experienced cleaners in Newtown for terrace-house and vacate cleaning work. Minimum take-home is $60/hr, paid every Wednesday.
Is there a lot of vacate cleaning work in Newtown?
Yes. Newtown has high renter turnover in its terrace houses and student share households, so vacate and end-of-lease cleans are one of the most common job types here, especially around semester changeovers.
How much do cleaning jobs in Newtown pay?
The minimum take-home is $60/hr for standard and vacate cleaning. The business keeps a flat $20/hr fee, never a percentage.
Experienced cleaner in Newtown? Apply now.
$60/hr minimum take-home, $100+/hr on same-day cleans, weekly Wednesday pay, flat fee not a percentage. We review every application manually.
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