WaitFinder

Craniotomy waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Craniotomy, 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 Craniotomy in public hospitals was 20 days in 2024–25, from 1392 surgeries. 0.9% of people waited more than 365 days. 25 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 20 days marks the national median.

Craniotomy 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 New South Wales 15 days 1.0% 485 surgeries
2 Victoria 20 days 0.8% 723 surgeries
unranked Australian Capital Territory not published not published not published
unranked Northern Territory not published not published not published
unranked Queensland not published not published 70 surgeries
unranked South Australia not published not published 95 surgeries
unranked Western Australia not published not published 14 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Craniotomy by financial year, Australia and the states with the shortest mediansdays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Australia 20NSW 15VIC 20
  • Australia
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Median wait in days for Craniotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustralia (days)NSW (days)VIC (days)
2016–17141318
2017–18171321
2018–19191426
2019–20141117
2020–21151316
2021–22141315
2022–23181320
2023–24221624
2024–25201520

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.