Breast reduction waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Breast reduction, nationally and by state.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for Breast reduction in public hospitals was 309 days in 2024–25, from 744 surgeries. 33.2% of people waited more than 365 days. 24 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 309 days marks the national median.

Victoria182 days
New South Wales296 days
Queensland336 days
South Australia497 days
Western Australianot published

Breast reduction in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	State or territory	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Victoria	182 days	27.9%	190 surgeries
2	New South Wales	296 days	20.0%	160 surgeries
3	Queensland	336 days	26.6%	199 surgeries
4	South Australia	497 days	65.2%	138 surgeries
unranked	Western Australia	not published	not published	57 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
NSW
QLD

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Median wait in days for Breast reduction, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	NSW (days)	QLD (days)
2016–17	178	424	not published	120
2017–18	216	244	not published	212
2018–19	250	230	not published	323
2019–20	326	not published	not published	342
2020–21	347	not published	not published	357
2021–22	301	not published	not published	not published
2022–23	365	358	not published	365
2023–24	325	312	283	302
2024–25	309	182	296	336

What is not here

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

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.