Knee replacement waiting times in South Australia

Public hospitals in South Australia ranked by their median wait for knee replacement, published by the source as “Total knee replacement”.

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

19 public hospitals in South Australia reported knee replacement in 2024–25. The state median was 147 days; the national median was 255 days.

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

2 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 255 days marks the national median.

South Coast District Hospital34 days
Clare Hospital36 days
Port Lincoln Health Service39 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital71 days
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services88 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital98 days
Modbury Hospital99 days
Port Pirie Regional Health Service110 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital114 days
Flinders Medical Centre130 days
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services180 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital183 days
Riverland General Hospital190 days
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service233 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital290 days
Naracoorte Health Service292 days
Noarlunga Hospital330 days
Gawler Health Servicenot published
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)not published

Total knee replacement in South Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	South Coast District Hospital	34 days	not published	17 surgeries
2	Clare Hospital	36 days	not published	31 surgeries
3	Port Lincoln Health Service	39 days	not published	19 surgeries
4	Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital	71 days	not published	18 surgeries
5	Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services	88 days	not published	32 surgeries
6	Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital	98 days	1.7%	59 surgeries
7	Modbury Hospital	99 days	14.6%	288 surgeries
8	Port Pirie Regional Health Service	110 days	22.9%	109 surgeries
9	Lyell McEwin Hospital	114 days	14.8%	54 surgeries
10	Flinders Medical Centre	130 days	not published	31 surgeries
11	Whyalla Hospital and Health Services	180 days	0.0%	72 surgeries
12	Royal Adelaide Hospital	183 days	25.0%	92 surgeries
13	Riverland General Hospital	190 days	18.5%	54 surgeries
14	Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service	233 days	2.8%	72 surgeries
15	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital	290 days	34.7%	101 surgeries
16	Naracoorte Health Service	292 days	27.1%	59 surgeries
17	Noarlunga Hospital	330 days	10.7%	206 surgeries
unranked	Gawler Health Service	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)	not published	not published	not published

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in South Australia.