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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 Toowoomba in 2023

51% of residents selected ‘High quality health services’ as an important attribute when considering what makes somewhere a good place to live, making it the 3rd most important liveability aspect for Toowoomba 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 4th most positively experienced attribute of 16. In comparison to Australia: 2023, residents of Toowoomba placed greater importance on High quality health services.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
Toowoomba 2023
51%
6.1
Australia
45%
6.2
Queensland
46%
6.2
Regional Australia
51%
5.6
South East Queensland
45%
6.6

Local Area

Importance
Experience
Toowoomba
51%
6.1
Central Toowoomba (n = 405)
51%
6.2
Rest of Toowoomba (n = 227)
52%
5.9

Gender

Importance
Experience
Toowoomba
51%
6.1
Male (n = 205)
51%
6.4
Female (n = 416)
52%
6.0

Age

Importance
Experience
Toowoomba
51%
6.1
18 - 34 (n = 80)
38%
5.5
35 - 59 (n = 240)
48%
5.9
60 + (n = 289)
66%
6.9

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