Hip replacement waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for hip replacement — published by the source as “Total hip replacement” — at this public hospital in the Ballarat Central 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: 156 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 73 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 8.2%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 65 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 69 days in 2011–12 to 156 days in 2024–25 — up 126% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is University Hospital Geelong, about 80 km away, at 87 days. Here, 8.2% 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
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	156 days	8.2%	73 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.

University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 80 km away87 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 83 km away274 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 95 km away144 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 98 km away107 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 98 km away62 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 101 km away193 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 103 km away41 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 103 km away104 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	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	69	99	116
2012–13	80	105	116
2013–14	76	111	106
2014–15	106	105	109
2015–16	165	115	114
2016–17	111	83	110
2017–18	90	89	119
2018–19	89	85	119
2019–20	101	92	120
2020–21	125	119	179
2021–22	83	122	153
2022–23	103	138	175
2023–24	118	107	135
2024–25	156	89	130

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

All surgery at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in Victoria