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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 Livingstone Shire in 2025

Greater Importance & Worse Experiences

54% 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 Livingstone Shire residents overall. Residents rated their experience of ‘High quality health services’ in their local area 5.2 out of 10, on average, making it the 14th most positively experienced attribute of 16. In comparison to Australia, residents of Livingstone Shire placed greater importance on High quality health services and reported worse local area experiences.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
Livingstone Shire 2025
54%
5.2
Australia
48%
6.1
Regional Australia
53%
5.6
Queensland
48%
6.3
Central QLD
55%
4.3

Local Area

Importance
Experience
Livingstone Shire
54%
5.2
Coastal Hinterlands North (n = 86)
56%
5.0
Coastal Hinterlands South (n = 90)
50%
5.3
Cooee Bay, Taranganba And Lammermoor (n = 147)
54%
5.5
Rosslyn to Kinka Beach & Emu Park & Zilzie (n = 245)
53%
5.2
Rural North West & Rockyview - Glenlee - Glendale (n = 76)
48%
5.3
Yeppoon And Northern Yeppoon (n = 164)
59%
5.0

Gender

Importance
Experience
Livingstone Shire
54%
5.2
Male (n = 278)
52%
5.2
Female (n = 510)
55%
5.2

Age

Importance
Experience
Livingstone Shire
54%
5.2
18 - 34 (n = 91)
51%
5.2
35 - 59 (n = 322)
50%
4.8
60 + (n = 350)
62%
5.9

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