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

46% 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 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 3rd most positively experienced attribute of 16. In comparison to Australia: 2023, residents of Sunshine Coast reported better local area experiences for High quality health services. In comparison to April 2022, residents of Sunshine Coast placed greater importance on High quality health services.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
Sunshine Coast
46%
6.8
April 2022
41%
7.0
Sunshine Coast 2021
37%
7.3
Australia: 2023
45%
6.2
Queensland: 2023
46%
6.2
South East Queensland: 2023
45%
6.6

Local areas

Importance
Experience
Sunshine Coast
46%
6.8
Urban A (n = 377)
52%
6.9
Urban B (n = 207)
47%
7.8
Urban C (n = 384)
47%
7.2
Urban D (n = 234)
41%
6.5
Rural 1 (n = 205)
42%
5.8
Rural 2 (n = 327)
44%
6.2

Gender

Importance
Experience
Sunshine Coast
46%
6.8
Male (n = 629)
49%
6.9
Female (n = 1091)
45%
6.7

Age

Importance
Experience
Sunshine Coast
46%
6.8
18 - 34 (n = 144)
29%
7.0
35 - 59 (n = 661)
43%
6.6
60 + (n = 872)
60%
6.9

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