Hip replacement waiting times in Australian public hospitals

The national median wait for hip replacement in Australian public hospitals was 130 days in 2024–25 — from 26 days at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital to 409 days at John Hunter Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as “Total hip replacement”.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for hip replacement in public hospitals was 130 days in 2024–25, from 12180 surgeries. 13.0% of people waited more than 365 days. 123 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Total hip replacement” 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 130 days marks the national median.

Total hip replacement 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	89 days	6.6%	3160 surgeries
2	South Australia	97 days	8.2%	792 surgeries
3	Queensland	107 days	10.7%	1890 surgeries
4	Western Australia	125 days	10.6%	1495 surgeries
5	Tasmania	126 days	5.4%	464 surgeries
6	Australian Capital Territory	181 days	22.8%	158 surgeries
7	New South Wales	265 days	20.9%	4162 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	59 surgeries

How the wait has changed

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Median wait in days for Total hip replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	SA (days)	QLD (days)
2011–12	116	99	130	81
2012–13	116	105	108	78
2013–14	106	111	104	76
2014–15	109	105	117	57
2015–16	114	115	144	63
2016–17	110	83	174	80
2017–18	119	89	167	90
2018–19	119	85	137	97
2019–20	120	92	119	101
2020–21	179	119	165	116
2021–22	153	122	168	106
2022–23	175	138	127	145
2023–24	135	107	99	110
2024–25	130	89	97	107

Common questions

How long is the wait for hip replacement in a public hospital?

The national median was 130 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 89 days in Victoria to 265 days in New South Wales.

Which public hospital has the shortest wait for hip replacement?

Of the 123 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital reported the shortest (26 days) and John Hunter Hospital the longest (409 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.

How many people waited more than a year?

13.0% of people who had hip replacement 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.