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Health and Wellbeing in Australia in 2025

The section reports on your residents’ overall health, and how they feel about their current and future physical health, mental health and social wellbeing. It gives you the capability to explore how your residents’ views regarding their health compare beyond, across and within your LGA.

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Australia Health and Wellbeing Index
Regional Australia
6.7
Metropolitan Australia
6.7
Collected May 2025

The Health and Wellbeing Index is creared by averaging residents self-reported ratings of their current physical health, mental health and social wellbeing. The maximum possible score on the Index is 10.
Australia residents Health and Wellbeing Index returned a value of 6.7 out of 10. This finding was consistent with Regional Australia: 2025 (6.7) and Metropolitan Australia: 2025 (6.7).

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Physical health

Residents rated their current physical health an average of 6.7 out of 10. When asked about the future, 30% forecast that their physical health will get better in 12 months and 15% believe it will get worse.
How would you rate your physical health?
Do you think your physical health will get better, worse or stay the same over the next year?
Australia 2025 (n = 4907)
6.7
Very poor
Excellent
Australia
2023
7.0
2024
7.0
2025
6.7
Australia 2025 (n = 4907)
15%
56%
30%
Get worse
Stay the same
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Australia
2023
13%
60%
28%
2024
12%
58%
30%
2025
15%
56%
30%
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Mental health

Residents rated their current mental health an average of 6.9 out of 10. When asked about the future, 24% forecast that their mental health will get better in 12 months and 12% believe it will get worse.
How would you rate your mental health?
Do you think your mental health will get better, worse or stay the same over the next year?
Australia 2025 (n = 4907)
6.9
Very poor
Excellent
Australia
2023
7.3
2024
7.2
2025
6.9
Australia 2025 (n = 4907)
12%
64%
24%
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Stay the same
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Australia
2023
10%
65%
24%
2024
10%
65%
25%
2025
12%
64%
24%
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Social wellbeing

Residents rated their current social wellbeing an average of 6.5 out of 10. When asked about the future, 22% forecast that their social wellbeing will get better in 12 months and 11% believe it will get worse.
How would you rate your social wellbeing?
Do you think your social wellbeing will get better, worse or stay the same over the next year?
Australia 2025 (n = 4907)
6.5
Very poor
Excellent
Australia
2023
7.0
2024
6.9
2025
6.5
Australia 2025 (n = 4907)
11%
67%
22%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Australia
2023
10%
66%
24%
2024
9%
68%
23%
2025
11%
67%
22%