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High quality health services

Delivering ‘high quality health services’ is crucial to our public and economic health. With an ageing population, an ever-increasing share of our GDP spent on service delivery, a large and diverse workforce and opportunities for innovation that could have a global impact – understanding and monitoring views on health is critical to local and national prosperity. The provision of ‘high quality health services’ is always among the top attributes that Australians believe make somewhere a good place to live, and is often more important to older Australians. Read more about .id's views on the importance of 'high quality health services' here.

High quality health services in Australia in 2025

48% of residents selected ‘High quality health services’ as an important attribute when considering what makes somewhere a good place to live, making it the 4th most important liveability aspect for Australia residents overall. Residents rated their experience of ‘High quality health services’ in their local area 6.1 out of 10, on average, making it the 7th most positively experienced attribute of 16.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
Australia 2025
48%
6.1
Regional Australia
53%
5.6
Metropolitan Australia
45%
6.5

Local Area

Importance
Experience
Australia
48%
6.1
Adelaide (n = 207)
52%
6.5
Central NSW (n = 198)
70%
5.1
Central QLD (n = 227)
55%
4.3
Central VIC (n = 218)
50%
5.9
Darwin (n = 199)
48%
4.7
Eastern VIC (n = 219)
56%
5.0
Far North Queensland (n = 220)
50%
5.8
Hobart (n = 168)
47%
4.8
Melbourne (n = 456)
40%
6.6
Northern NSW (n = 218)
55%
5.0
Perth (n = 333)
54%
6.6
Regional NT (n = 147)
55%
5.1
Regional SA (n = 144)
65%
5.4
Regional Tas (n = 145)
49%
4.9
Regional WA (n = 220)
59%
5.4
Rest of QLD (n = 37)
33%
5.7
South East Queensland (n = 531)
46%
6.8
Southern NSW (n = 207)
60%
4.9
Sydney (n = 430)
42%
7.0
The ACT (n = 188)
57%
5.9
Western VIC (n = 195)
55%
5.8

Gender

Importance
Experience
Australia
48%
6.1
Male (n = 1709)
45%
6.4
Female (n = 3037)
50%
6.0
Other (n = 39)
41%
5.3

Age

Importance
Experience
Australia
48%
6.1
18 - 34 (n = 593)
35%
6.0
35 - 59 (n = 1681)
49%
6.0
60 + (n = 2302)
61%
6.6

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