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Department of Health and Aged Care Mapping & Spatial Analysis |
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Home | Your Health | Rural Health Workforce | Rural Health Services
| The Rural Health Project is an initiative aimed at facilitating improvements in health outcomes for people in non-metropolitan Australia. The links from this page lead to a series of static and interactive maps that show the location and accessibility of health services in non-metropolitan areas. This include the location of aboriginal health services, GPs, aged care services, HACC services, hospitals, pharmacies and several other types of health service. These maps aim to provide useful information for planning and policy development in non-metropolitan communities. | |
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Latest ARIA Report A Comparison of the ARIA (Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia) and RRMA (Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas Classification) Methodologies for Measuring Remoteness in Australia. This is also available in Adobe PDF format (1.75Mb). Further information on the ARIA can be found at the DHAC ARIA web site |
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The Rural Health Services Interactive Map Server An interactive map server that allows users both to create maps which describe the locations of health services, and to query which services are available at specific locations. First time users should first review the help pages. |
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The Rural Accessibility Map Server (static maps in PDF format)
A series of static downloadable maps tha illustrate the accessibility of Australian communities to a variety of different health services. |
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An online database that provides service information by town
This online application provides access to a database of Australian communities and their services. It allows the user to seach by State, postcode or town name or by the type of service. The search results are display using a map interface. |
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Further work on Rural Communities
GISCA have developed a number of other reseach projects for the Commonwealth Department of Health that are available online. These include the Accessibility/Remotenes Index of Australia (ARIA); GP Rural Retention; and the Pharmacy Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (PhARIA). |
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The Rural Health project was undertaken by the National Key Centre for Social Applications of Geographical Information Systems (GISCA), Adelaide University and was sponsored by the Department of Health and Aged Care. |
For any queries contact GISCA by email, mapquery@gisca.adelaide.edu.au,
or phone 1800 445 144
