Rhinoplasty waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Rhinoplasty, 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 Rhinoplasty in public hospitals was 376 days in 2024–25, from 424 surgeries. 54.0% of people waited more than 365 days. 15 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 376 days marks the national median.

Queensland363 days
Victoria606 days
Australian Capital Territorynot published
New South Walesnot published
Northern Territorynot published
South Australianot published
Tasmanianot published
Western Australianot published

Rhinoplasty 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	Queensland	363 days	47.1%	102 surgeries
2	Victoria	606 days	69.0%	126 surgeries
unranked	Australian Capital Territory	not published	not published	not published
unranked	New South Wales	not published	not published	96 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	not published
unranked	South Australia	not published	not published	31 surgeries
unranked	Tasmania	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Western Australia	not published	not published	61 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
QLD
VIC

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Median wait in days for Rhinoplasty, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	QLD (days)	VIC (days)
2016–17	231	not published	178
2017–18	278	280	238
2018–19	286	338	282
2019–20	308	341	317
2020–21	353	353	423
2021–22	309	321	not published
2022–23	409	414	587
2023–24	360	332	671
2024–25	376	363	606

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.