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Balaka Drive, Carlingford NSW
Mixed street profile · 3 of 4 tests pass — Balaka Drive scores 19 points above the Carlingford street average.
- Owner-occupiers above 65%
- Public housing 5% or less
- Rent at or above suburb median
- Yield at or above suburb
A mixed street profile
Some of the street-level tests pass, others don't — the detail shows which. It is running ahead of most of the suburb around it.
Streets scoring 75+ make up 35% of the 411,166 Australian streets we score; in NSW it's 32%. Balaka Drive sits above 62% of them.
High confidence · 161 addresses across 5 census blocks · Tenure: 2021 Census · Rent & yield: Sept 2026
Scores describe measured conditions on the blocks this street runs through — not your home, not personal advice, and not a forecast.
Balaka Drive scores 19 points above the Carlingford street average.
The blocks on Balaka Drive pass more of the four tests than the typical Carlingford street.
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Balaka Drive, Carlingford FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions: Balaka Drive, Carlingford NSW
What is the Street Score for Balaka Drive, Carlingford NSW?
Balaka Drive, Carlingford NSW scores 59/100 on the Ripehouse Street Score — 19 points above the Carlingford street average of 40/100 (ranked #139 of 234 streets in Carlingford). The score is calculated across 161 addresses and 5 ABS census blocks.
What is the owner-occupier and public housing percentage on Balaka Drive, Carlingford NSW?
On the ABS 2021 Census SA1 blocks that Balaka Drive runs through in Carlingford, owner-occupiers account for 88% of households (Ripehouse benchmark: >65%) and public/social housing accounts for 0% of households (Ripehouse benchmark: ≤5%).
What is the typical rent and rental yield on Balaka Drive, Carlingford NSW?
Blocks along Balaka Drive, Carlingford NSW record a typical asking rent of $1071/wk (compared with the Carlingford suburb median of $770/wk) and a gross rental yield of 2.8% (versus 3.2% across Carlingford).
How does Balaka Drive compare with other streets in Carlingford NSW?
Carlingford has 234 streets with a suburb street average of 40/100 and an overall suburb R-Score of 86/100. There are 130 streets in Carlingford that score higher than Balaka Drive (up to 100/100).
How the Street Score works. Every address on Balaka Drive is matched (G-NAF) to its ABS 2021 mesh block and SA1 area. Each block scores 100 when owner-occupiers are above 65%, public housing is 5% or less, and both its median rent and rental yield are at or above the Carlingford median; 75 when one of the rent/yield tests passes; 50 when neither does; 25 when only one of the two tenure tests passes; 0 when neither does. The Street Score is the address-weighted average of its blocks — the same street test our research engine applies to every listed property. Suburb medians are as of Sept 2026; tenure is from the 2021 Census. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Nothing on this page is personal financial advice.