Stapedectomy waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Stapedectomy, 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 Stapedectomy in public hospitals was 357 days in 2024–25, from 144 surgeries. 47.2% of people waited more than 365 days. 4 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 357 days marks the national median.

Australian Capital Territorynot published
New South Walesnot published
Northern Territorynot published
Queenslandnot published
South Australianot published
Victorianot published
Western Australianot published

Stapedectomy 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
unranked	Australian Capital Territory	not published	not published	not published
unranked	New South Wales	not published	not published	52 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Queensland	not published	not published	19 surgeries
unranked	South Australia	not published	not published	12 surgeries
unranked	Victoria	not published	not published	40 surgeries
unranked	Western Australia	not published	not published	18 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia

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Median wait in days for Stapedectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)
2016–17	212
2017–18	284
2018–19	285
2019–20	275
2020–21	366
2021–22	332
2022–23	392
2023–24	354
2024–25	357

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.