Dental SEO & Website Benchmarks: Sunshine Coast, QLD
Live figures from 81 indexable audited Sunshine Coast dental practice websites, recomputed as practices are re-audited. Most recent audit September 19, 2026. Methodology dps-37-v1.
73
median score
−1.00 vs Queensland median 74
71.36
average score
Queensland average: 70.98
82
top quartile
the score the best 25% of local websites clear
81
websites audited
of 1,279 across Queensland
Score distribution
Grade distribution in Sunshine Coast
Counts use all 81 indexable audited Sunshine Coast websites.
A
9.88%
8 of 81
B
28.40%
23 of 81
C
27.16%
22 of 81
D
13.58%
11 of 81
F
20.99%
17 of 81
Queensland distribution: A 5% · B 30% · C 27% · D 16% · F 21% (1,279 websites).
Largest local difference first
Where Sunshine Coast dental websites fall short
“Not detected” means a signal was absent from the homepage and up to two linked pages in a bounded crawl; it does not prove the signal is absent everywhere on the site. Every percentage shows its own evaluated base; checks evaluated on fewer than 30 Sunshine Coast websites are omitted.
95%
AggregateRating structured data not detected
77 of 81 evaluated Sunshine Coast websites — vs 93.75% across Queensland.
91%
FAQPage structured data not detected
74 of 81 evaluated Sunshine Coast websites — vs 89.99% across Queensland.
89%
Service or treatment structured data not detected
72 of 81 evaluated Sunshine Coast websites — vs 92.42% across Queensland.
| Check | Sunshine Coast rate | Queensland rate | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAQ page not detectedPatient journey | 54.32%44 of 81 evaluated | 69.51%889 of 1,279 evaluated | −15.19 pp |
| Insurance or payment page not detectedPatient journey | 48.15%39 of 81 evaluated | 61.77%790 of 1,279 evaluated | −13.62 pp |
| Contact or inquiry form not detectedPatient journey | 72.84%59 of 81 evaluated | 64.97%831 of 1,279 evaluated | +7.87 pp |
| Missing canonical tagsWebsite fundamentals | 35.80%29 of 81 evaluated | 30.41%389 of 1,279 evaluated | +5.39 pp |
| Emergency-services page not detectedPatient journey | 54.32%44 of 81 evaluated | 58.72%751 of 1,279 evaluated | −4.40 pp |
| BreadcrumbList structured data not detectedStructured data | 58.02%47 of 81 evaluated | 62.39%798 of 1,279 evaluated | −4.37 pp |
| Limited useful contentWebsite fundamentals | 41.98%34 of 81 evaluated | 37.76%483 of 1,279 evaluated | +4.22 pp |
| Service or treatment structured data not detectedStructured data | 88.89%72 of 81 evaluated | 92.42%1,182 of 1,279 evaluated | −3.53 pp |
| XML sitemap not detectedWebsite fundamentals | 35.80%29 of 81 evaluated | 32.37%414 of 1,279 evaluated | +3.43 pp |
| Missing meta descriptionsWebsite fundamentals | 49.38%40 of 81 evaluated | 46.21%591 of 1,279 evaluated | +3.17 pp |
| Dentist or LocalBusiness structured data not detectedStructured data | 41.98%34 of 81 evaluated | 44.96%575 of 1,279 evaluated | −2.98 pp |
| Images missing alternative textWebsite fundamentals | 74.07%60 of 81 evaluated | 72.56%928 of 1,279 evaluated | +1.51 pp |
| FAQPage structured data not detectedStructured data | 91.36%74 of 81 evaluated | 89.99%1,151 of 1,279 evaluated | +1.37 pp |
| Clear booking action not detectedPatient journey | 44.44%36 of 81 evaluated | 43.08%551 of 1,279 evaluated | +1.36 pp |
| AggregateRating structured data not detectedStructured data | 95.06%77 of 81 evaluated | 93.75%1,199 of 1,279 evaluated | +1.31 pp |
| Privacy-policy link not detectedPatient journey | 61.73%50 of 81 evaluated | 60.75%777 of 1,279 evaluated | +0.98 pp |
| Unclear H1 structureWebsite fundamentals | 60.49%49 of 81 evaluated | 60.20%770 of 1,279 evaluated | +0.29 pp |
2026 Australia study baseline
The frozen national picture for the same checks
Rates from the 6,305-website 2026 Australia study cohort — a frozen study base that counts every audited domain, so it is a different denominator than the live evaluated figures above and the two must not be read as one series.
Emergency-services page not detected62.68%
BreadcrumbList structured data not detected64.30%
Insurance or payment page not detected68.96%
AggregateRating structured data not detected93.72%
Missing meta descriptions47.15%
Clear booking action not detected45.73%
Privacy-policy link not detected59.84%
Dentist or LocalBusiness structured data not detected47.20%
Images missing alternative text72.86%
Missing canonical tags31.10%
FAQPage structured data not detected91.25%
Unclear H1 structure60.84%
FAQ page not detected72.64%
XML sitemap not detected31.59%
Service or treatment structured data not detected93.39%
Limited useful content39.35%
Contact or inquiry form not detected65.15%
Explore the Sunshine Coast market
Common questions
Dental SEO and website questions for Sunshine Coast
- How good are dental practice websites in Sunshine Coast?
- Across 81 audited Sunshine Coast dental practice websites, the median DentalPresence Score is 73 out of 100, and the best 25% of local sites score 82 or higher. The score summarizes 37 deterministic website and SEO checks covering structured data, website fundamentals, and the patient journey.
- What do Sunshine Coast dental websites most often get wrong?
- The most common gaps detected on audited Sunshine Coast dental websites are: “AggregateRating structured data not detected” (95% of evaluated sites); “FAQPage structured data not detected” (91% of evaluated sites); “Service or treatment structured data not detected” (89% of evaluated sites). “Not detected” is a bounded-crawl observation, not proof a signal is absent everywhere on a site.
- How does dental website quality in Sunshine Coast compare with the rest of Queensland?
- Sunshine Coast's median score of 73 is 1 point below the Queensland-wide median of 74, based on 1,279 audited websites across Queensland.
- How can I check my own dental practice website's SEO?
- Run a free DentalPresence score: it audits a practice website against the same 37 checks behind every figure on this page and returns a prioritized list of what to fix first. No card is required.
Methodology and limitations
How these live figures are computed
Live cohort. Figures cover the indexable audited practice websites currently published for Sunshine Coast in the DentalPresence index and recompute as sites are re-audited, so they will drift from the frozen 2026 study numbers over time. Each check's percentage uses only the websites where that check was actually evaluated, shown as its base.
Scoring. Methodology dps-37-v1: a bounded HTTP crawl of robots.txt, sitemap signals, the homepage, and up to two linked internal pages, scored across 37 deterministic checks. “Not detected” is a limited observation, not proof of absence.
What is excluded. Crawl-accessibility findings (DNS failures, blocked crawls, timeouts) come from the frozen study run and use a different cohort base, so they are not restated here — see the Queensland benchmark for them. Percentages are withheld wherever fewer than 30 websites form the base.
No clinical claims. Website signals only — not a clinical rating. These figures do not use rankings, traffic, conversions, credentials, or patient outcomes, and a failed check is not proof of lost revenue or poor care.
Use the benchmark
Score a dental website against the same framework
The Sunshine Coast figures describe a market, not an individual practice. Run a free score to inspect the public website signals detected for one practice — the same 37-check framework behind every number on this page.