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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 Sunshine Coast

Greater Importance & Better Experiences

41% of residents selected ‘High quality health services’ as an important attribute when considering what makes somewhere a good place to live, making it the 5th most important liveability aspect for Sunshine Coast residents overall. Residents rated their experience of ‘High quality health services’ in their local area 6.8 out of 10, on average, making it the 2nd most positively experienced attribute of 16. In comparison to Australia: 2024, residents of Sunshine Coast placed less importance on High quality health services and reported better local area experiences. In comparison to August 2023, residents of Sunshine Coast placed less importance on High quality health services.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
Sunshine Coast
41%
6.8
August 2023
46%
6.8
Australia: 2024
45%
6.5
Queensland: 2024
42%
6.5
South East Queensland: 2024
38%
7.0
Regional Australia: 2024
50%
5.6

Local areas

Importance
Experience
Sunshine Coast
41%
6.8
Urban A (n = 424)
39%
7.2
Urban B (n = 244)
44%
7.7
Urban C (n = 539)
41%
7.1
Urban D (n = 204)
39%
6.3
Rural 1 (n = 211)
41%
6.3
Rural 2 (n = 322)
44%
6.3

Gender

Importance
Experience
Sunshine Coast
41%
6.8
Male (n = 603)
44%
7.1
Female (n = 1284)
40%
6.8
Other (n = 12)
45%
5.4

Age

Importance
Experience
Sunshine Coast
41%
6.8
18 - 34 (n = 526)
27%
6.7
35 - 59 (n = 516)
36%
6.7
60 + (n = 804)
57%
7.2

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