Hip replacement waiting time at Noarlunga Hospital
The median wait for hip replacement — published by the source as "Total hip replacement" — at this public hospital in the Noarlunga Centre area of South Australia was 91 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
- 91 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 160 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 6.9%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 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 335 days in 2021–22 to 91 days in 2024–25 — down 73% — while the national median fell from 153 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 15 km away, at 63 days. Here, 6.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 13.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noarlunga Hospital | 91 days | 6.9% | 160 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 97 days | 8.2% | 792 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 130 days | 13.0% | 12180 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Noarlunga Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Noarlunga Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 130 | 116 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 108 | 116 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 104 | 106 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 117 | 109 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 144 | 114 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 174 | 110 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 167 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 137 | 119 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 119 | 120 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 165 | 179 |
| 2021–22 | 335 | 168 | 153 |
| 2022–23 | 163 | 127 | 175 |
| 2023–24 | 105 | 99 | 135 |
| 2024–25 | 91 | 97 | 130 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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