Total knee replacement waiting time at Williamstown Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Total knee replacement at this public hospital, 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: 131 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 150 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 10.7%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 128 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total knee replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Williamstown Hospital	131 days	10.7%	150 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	133 days	14.9%	3839 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	255 days	23.2%	17987 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 255 days marks the national median.

Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 8 km away278 days
The AlfredVIC · about 8 km away302 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 9 km away225 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 10 km away49 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 15 km away291 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 16 km away172 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 17 km away370 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 18 km away313 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 knee replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Williamstown Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	100	123	184
2012–13	142	141	196
2013–14	222	160	194
2014–15	338	147	191
2015–16	356	148	188
2016–17	168	97	195
2017–18	148	114	198
2018–19	197	111	209
2019–20	222	125	223
2020–21	192	180	308
2021–22	208	163	293
2022–23	194	221	308
2023–24	104	181	265
2024–25	131	133	255

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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