Hip replacement waiting time at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for hip replacement — published by the source as “Total hip replacement” — at this public hospital in the Eaglemont area of Victoria, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 242 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 70 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 31.4%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 92 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 159 days in 2011–12 to 242 days in 2024–25 — up 52% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], about 1 km away, at 187 days. Here, 31.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 13.0%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total hip replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	242 days	31.4%	70 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	89 days	6.6%	3160 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	130 days	13.0%	12180 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 1 km away187 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 8 km away90 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 9 km away41 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 10 km away193 days
The AlfredVIC · about 12 km away78 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 12 km away104 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 16 km away144 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 18 km away112 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Total hip replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	159	99	116
2012–13	147	105	116
2013–14	161	111	106
2014–15	130	105	109
2015–16	111	115	114
2016–17	62	83	110
2017–18	105	89	119
2018–19	127	85	119
2019–20	164	92	120
2020–21	302	119	179
2021–22	226	122	153
2022–23	301	138	175
2023–24	359	107	135
2024–25	242	89	130

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in Victoria