Knee replacement waiting times in Victoria

Public hospitals in Victoria 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

28 public hospitals in Victoria reported knee replacement in 2024–25. The state median was 133 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.

1 hospital has 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.

St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]49 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre65 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]71 days
Bass Coast Health81 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]85 days
The Bendigo Hospital86 days
University Hospital Geelong113 days
Box Hill Hospital124 days
Williamstown Hospital131 days
Frankston Hospital132 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]152 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta154 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]165 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]172 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]181 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]195 days
Broadmeadows Health Service198 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]205 days
Dandenong Hospital213 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]225 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]278 days
Sandringham Hospital291 days
The Alfred302 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]313 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]344 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital370 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]667 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]not published

Total knee replacement in Victoria 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	St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]	49 days	4.2%	288 surgeries
2	Frankston Public Surgical Centre	65 days	0.5%	221 surgeries
3	Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]	71 days	8.0%	88 surgeries
4	Bass Coast Health	81 days	0.0%	118 surgeries
5	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	85 days	0.0%	91 surgeries
6	The Bendigo Hospital	86 days	0.4%	245 surgeries
7	University Hospital Geelong	113 days	0.0%	298 surgeries
8	Box Hill Hospital	124 days	14.9%	221 surgeries
9	Williamstown Hospital	131 days	10.7%	150 surgeries
10	Frankston Hospital	132 days	15.8%	190 surgeries
11	Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]	152 days	not published	49 surgeries
12	Northeast Health Wangaratta	154 days	7.2%	250 surgeries
13	Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]	165 days	30.6%	229 surgeries
14	Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]	172 days	14.1%	269 surgeries
15	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	181 days	11.8%	85 surgeries
16	West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]	195 days	19.4%	124 surgeries
17	Broadmeadows Health Service	198 days	not published	11 surgeries
18	The Northern Hospital [Epping]	205 days	16.7%	90 surgeries
19	Dandenong Hospital	213 days	not published	47 surgeries
20	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	225 days	15.7%	134 surgeries
21	Western Hospital [Footscray]	278 days	37.0%	54 surgeries
22	Sandringham Hospital	291 days	10.7%	84 surgeries
23	The Alfred	302 days	11.6%	86 surgeries
24	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]	313 days	43.5%	191 surgeries
25	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	344 days	46.2%	52 surgeries
26	Werribee Mercy Hospital	370 days	53.8%	65 surgeries
27	Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]	667 days	68.0%	103 surgeries
unranked	Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]	not published	not published	6 surgeries

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 Victoria.