Cataract surgery waiting time at Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]
The median wait for cataract surgery — published by the source as "Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)" — at this public hospital in the Wodonga area of Victoria was 365 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 365 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 996 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 49.8%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 132 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 130 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 142 days in 2016–17 to 365 days in 2024–25 — up 157% — while the national median rose from 85 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wagga Wagga Hospital, about 121 km away, at 338 days. Here, 49.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 11.5%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] | 365 days | 49.8% | 996 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 268 days | 22.0% | 32695 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 68 days | 4.7% | 21008 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 106 days | 11.5% | 87841 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 61 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 52 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 41 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 35 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 56 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 142 | 41 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 110 | 40 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 76 | 36 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 108 | 49 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 247 | 79 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 227 | 84 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 253 | 77 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 335 | 89 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 365 | 68 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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