Female sterilisation waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Female sterilisation, 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 Female sterilisation in public hospitals was 129 days in 2024–25, from 1388 surgeries. 11.5% of people waited more than 365 days. 53 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 129 days marks the national median.

Victoria77 days
Western Australia96 days
Queensland151 days
New South Wales267 days
Australian Capital Territorynot published
Northern Territorynot published
South Australianot published

Female sterilisation 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	77 days	3.7%	187 surgeries
2	Western Australia	96 days	5.9%	272 surgeries
3	Queensland	151 days	12.8%	500 surgeries
4	New South Wales	267 days	18.9%	350 surgeries
unranked	Australian Capital Territory	not published	not published	15 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	23 surgeries
unranked	South Australia	not published	not published	41 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
WA
QLD

View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Female sterilisation, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	WA (days)	QLD (days)
2016–17	74	38	51	91
2017–18	76	40	55	130
2018–19	78	53	65	136
2019–20	88	92	78	104
2020–21	112	163	82	133
2021–22	112	not published	99	187
2022–23	102	154	77	131
2023–24	118	145	80	168
2024–25	129	77	96	151

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.