WaitFinder

Total hip replacement waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Total hip replacement, 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 Total hip replacement in public hospitals was 130 days in 2024–25, from 12180 surgeries. 13.0% of people waited more than 365 days. 123 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.

Total hip replacement 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 89 days 6.6% 3160 surgeries
2 South Australia 97 days 8.2% 792 surgeries
3 Queensland 107 days 10.7% 1890 surgeries
4 Western Australia 125 days 10.6% 1495 surgeries
5 Tasmania 126 days 5.4% 464 surgeries
6 Australian Capital Territory 181 days 22.8% 158 surgeries
7 New South Wales 265 days 20.9% 4162 surgeries
unranked Northern Territory not published not published 59 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Total hip replacement by financial year, Australia and the states with the shortest mediansdays0501001502002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Australia 130VIC 89SA 97QLD 107
  • Australia
  • VIC
  • SA
  • QLD
View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Total hip replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustralia (days)VIC (days)SA (days)QLD (days)
2011–121169913081
2012–1311610510878
2013–1410611110476
2014–1510910511757
2015–1611411514463
2016–171108317480
2017–181198916790
2018–191198513797
2019–2012092119101
2020–21179119165116
2021–22153122168106
2022–23175138127145
2023–2413510799110
2024–251308997107

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.