Hydrocele - repair of waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Hydrocele - repair of, 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 Hydrocele - repair of in public hospitals was 95 days in 2024–25, from 1477 surgeries. 9.8% of people waited more than 365 days. 52 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 95 days marks the national median.

Victoria70 days
South Australia84 days
Queensland102 days
New South Wales170 days
Northern Territorynot published
Tasmanianot published
Western Australianot published

Hydrocele - repair of 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	70 days	5.4%	261 surgeries
2	South Australia	84 days	9.4%	456 surgeries
3	Queensland	102 days	6.7%	223 surgeries
4	New South Wales	170 days	14.7%	407 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	10 surgeries
unranked	Tasmania	not published	not published	32 surgeries
unranked	Western Australia	not published	not published	88 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
SA
QLD

View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Hydrocele - repair of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	SA (days)	QLD (days)
2016–17	75	53	40	81
2017–18	70	54	62	85
2018–19	70	53	63	79
2019–20	87	72	91	102
2020–21	113	123	104	88
2021–22	121	134	111	86
2022–23	138	189	109	88
2023–24	90	83	77	101
2024–25	95	70	84	102

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.