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South Shields Drive, Benowa QLD
Solid street profile · 3 of 4 tests pass — South Shields Drive scores 16 points above the Benowa street average.
- Owner-occupiers above 65%
- Public housing 5% or less
- Rent at or above suburb median
- Yield at or above suburb
A solid street profile
Most of the street-level tests we apply are passing here. 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 QLD it's 35%. South Shields Drive sits above 65% of them.
High confidence · 36 addresses across 1 census block · Tenure: 2021 Census · Rent & yield: Sept 2026
28 streets in Benowa score higher (up to 100/100) — see the top-scoring streets & full report ↓
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South Shields Drive scores 16 points above the Benowa street average.
The blocks on South Shields Drive pass more of the four tests than the typical Benowa street.
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South Shields Drive, Benowa FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions: South Shields Drive, Benowa QLD
What is the Street Score for South Shields Drive, Benowa QLD?
South Shields Drive, Benowa QLD scores 75/100 on the Ripehouse Street Score — 16 points above the Benowa street average of 59/100 (ranked #30 of 105 streets in Benowa). The score is calculated across 36 addresses and 1 ABS census block.
What is the owner-occupier and public housing percentage on South Shields Drive, Benowa QLD?
On the ABS 2021 Census SA1 blocks that South Shields Drive runs through in Benowa, owner-occupiers account for 79% 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 South Shields Drive, Benowa QLD?
Blocks along South Shields Drive, Benowa QLD record a typical asking rent of $965/wk (compared with the Benowa suburb median of $1250/wk) and a gross rental yield of 4.9% (versus 4.5% across Benowa).
How does South Shields Drive compare with other streets in Benowa QLD?
Benowa has 105 streets with a suburb street average of 59/100 and an overall suburb R-Score of 97/100. There are 28 streets in Benowa that score higher than South Shields Drive (up to 100/100).
How the Street Score works. Every address on South Shields 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 Benowa 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.