Hip replacement waiting time at Williamstown Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for hip replacement — published by the source as “Total hip replacement” — at this public hospital in the Williamstown 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: 107 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 87 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 3.4%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 50 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 91 days in 2011–12 to 107 days in 2024–25 — up 18% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 8 km away, at 78 days. Here, 3.4% 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
Williamstown Hospital	107 days	3.4%	87 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.

Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 8 km away144 days
The AlfredVIC · about 8 km away78 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 9 km away193 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 10 km away41 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 15 km away261 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 16 km away151 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 17 km away274 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 18 km away187 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	Williamstown Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	91	99	116
2012–13	80	105	116
2013–14	87	111	106
2014–15	89	105	109
2015–16	323	115	114
2016–17	80	83	110
2017–18	87	89	119
2018–19	86	85	119
2019–20	172	92	120
2020–21	122	119	179
2021–22	187	122	153
2022–23	146	138	175
2023–24	110	107	135
2024–25	107	89	130

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

All surgery at Williamstown Hospital · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in Victoria