Pilonidal sinus surgery waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Pilonidal sinus surgery, 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 Pilonidal sinus surgery in public hospitals was 65 days in 2024–25, from 1265 surgeries. 3.4% of people waited more than 365 days. 46 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 65 days marks the national median.

Victoria43 days
Western Australia68 days
New South Wales86 days
Northern Territorynot published
Queenslandnot published
South Australianot published

Pilonidal sinus surgery 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	2.5%	445 surgeries
2	Western Australia	68 days	2.4%	168 surgeries
3	New South Wales	86 days	4.9%	515 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	16 surgeries
unranked	Queensland	not published	not published	49 surgeries
unranked	South Australia	not published	not published	72 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
WA
NSW

View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Pilonidal sinus surgery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	WA (days)	NSW (days)
2016–17	55	43	43	68
2017–18	61	52	52	68
2018–19	63	53	65	68
2019–20	67	60	69	77
2020–21	83	97	80	84
2021–22	93	108	88	98
2022–23	94	132	92	90
2023–24	70	45	82	81
2024–25	65	43	68	86

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.