Haemorrhoid surgery waiting times in Australian public hospitals

The national median wait for haemorrhoid surgery in Australian public hospitals was 63 days in 2024–25 — from 7 days at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] to 320 days at Mater Adult Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as “Haemorrhoidectomy”.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for haemorrhoid surgery in public hospitals was 63 days in 2024–25, from 4759 surgeries. 2.6% of people waited more than 365 days. 109 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Haemorrhoidectomy” and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 63 days marks the national median.

Victoria43 days
Western Australia71 days
Queensland76 days
New South Wales81 days
South Australia82 days
Australian Capital Territorynot published
Northern Territorynot published
Tasmanianot published

Haemorrhoidectomy 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	43 days	1.7%	2209 surgeries
2	Western Australia	71 days	0.8%	248 surgeries
3	Queensland	76 days	3.1%	509 surgeries
4	New South Wales	81 days	3.1%	1446 surgeries
5	South Australia	82 days	3.8%	235 surgeries
unranked	Australian Capital Territory	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	30 surgeries
unranked	Tasmania	not published	not published	75 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
WA
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Median wait in days for Haemorrhoidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	WA (days)	QLD (days)
2011–12	57	63	34	52
2012–13	59	79	36	56
2013–14	59	69	40	53
2014–15	56	58	48	50
2015–16	54	55	37	59
2016–17	49	41	46	63
2017–18	47	37	44	69
2018–19	49	34	50	73
2019–20	57	38	69	84
2020–21	70	70	68	78
2021–22	77	99	83	85
2022–23	90	127	97	80
2023–24	67	53	58	81
2024–25	63	43	71	76

Common questions

How long is the wait for haemorrhoid surgery in a public hospital?

The national median was 63 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 43 days in Victoria to 82 days in South Australia.

Which public hospital has the shortest wait for haemorrhoid surgery?

Of the 109 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] reported the shortest (7 days) and Mater Adult Hospital the longest (320 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.

How many people waited more than a year?

2.6% of people who had haemorrhoid surgery in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.

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.