Five Queensland regions in country's bottom 10 for wellbeing, national index finds

Queensland has five of the 10 lowest ranking regions in the country for wellbeing according to the index. (ABC News: Curtis Rodda)

Five Queensland regions are ranked the bottom 10 in the country for wellbeing, according to a new national index.

Burnett, Caboolture, Hervey Bay, the Charters Towers-Ayr-Ingham region and Queensland's Far North are in the bottom 10 of 334 regions assessed for the wellbeing index launched yesterday by public policy advisors, SGS Economics and Planning.