Hernia repair waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for hernia repair in Australian public hospitals was 86 days in 2024–25 — from 18 days at Sandringham Hospital to 351 days at Liverpool Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as "Herniorrhaphy".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
The source splits hernia repair in two: this page covers "Herniorrhaphy" — hernias other than groin hernias, such as umbilical, femoral and incisional hernias — and groin hernias are on inguinal hernia repair.
Across Australia, the median wait for hernia repair in public hospitals was 86 days in 2024–25, from 12195 surgeries. 6.9% of people waited more than 365 days. 169 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Herniorrhaphy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
State by state
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 56 days | 3.6% | 3381 surgeries |
| 2 | Western Australia | 78 days | 5.9% | 1430 surgeries |
| 3 | Queensland | 87 days | 4.3% | 2476 surgeries |
| 4 | South Australia | 92 days | 11.3% | 398 surgeries |
| 5 | New South Wales | 132 days | 10.6% | 4206 surgeries |
| 6 | Australian Capital Territory | 140 days | 12.7% | 229 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | 75 surgeries |
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- VIC
- WA
- QLD
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | WA (days) | QLD (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 63 | 48 | 43 | 69 |
| 2017–18 | 67 | 49 | 56 | 75 |
| 2018–19 | 69 | 49 | 58 | 77 |
| 2019–20 | 78 | 54 | 69 | 85 |
| 2020–21 | 92 | 106 | 78 | 78 |
| 2021–22 | 97 | 110 | 89 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 108 | 129 | 94 | 80 |
| 2023–24 | 87 | 69 | 76 | 80 |
| 2024–25 | 86 | 56 | 78 | 87 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for hernia repair in a public hospital?
The national median was 86 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 56 days in Victoria to 140 days in Australian Capital Territory.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for hernia repair?
Of the 169 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Sandringham Hospital reported the shortest (18 days) and Liverpool Hospital the longest (351 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
6.9% of people who had hernia repair in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.
Cite this page
The national median wait for hernia repair in Australian public hospitals was 86 days in 2024–25, from 18 days at Sandringham Hospital to 351 days at Liverpool Hospital.
Copy-ready citation
Surgery Waits, "Hernia repair waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hernia-repair/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hernia-repair/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/hernia-repair.svg" width="720" height="352" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Hernia repair by state and territory, 2024–25">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.