Circumcision waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Circumcision, 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 Circumcision in public hospitals was 80 days in 2024–25, from 3291 surgeries. 9.1% of people waited more than 365 days. 102 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median.

Victoria55 days
Queensland81 days
Western Australia84 days
New South Wales94 days
South Australia97 days
Northern Territorynot published
Tasmanianot published

Circumcision 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	55 days	3.2%	816 surgeries
2	Queensland	81 days	7.9%	595 surgeries
3	Western Australia	84 days	8.7%	412 surgeries
4	New South Wales	94 days	11.4%	1036 surgeries
5	South Australia	97 days	18.7%	252 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	96 surgeries
unranked	Tasmania	not published	not published	84 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
QLD
WA

View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Circumcision, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	QLD (days)	WA (days)
2016–17	60	47	65	62
2017–18	57	42	76	66
2018–19	60	39	68	76
2019–20	63	45	59	69
2020–21	85	84	69	86
2021–22	84	78	71	98
2022–23	95	112	84	125
2023–24	78	63	70	75
2024–25	80	55	81	84

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.