Hip replacement waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for hip replacement in Australian public hospitals was 130 days in 2024–25 — from 26 days at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital to 409 days at John Hunter Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as "Total hip replacement".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Across Australia, the median wait for 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.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Total hip replacement" 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 | 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
- Australia
- VIC
- SA
- QLD
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | SA (days) | QLD (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 116 | 99 | 130 | 81 |
| 2012–13 | 116 | 105 | 108 | 78 |
| 2013–14 | 106 | 111 | 104 | 76 |
| 2014–15 | 109 | 105 | 117 | 57 |
| 2015–16 | 114 | 115 | 144 | 63 |
| 2016–17 | 110 | 83 | 174 | 80 |
| 2017–18 | 119 | 89 | 167 | 90 |
| 2018–19 | 119 | 85 | 137 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | 120 | 92 | 119 | 101 |
| 2020–21 | 179 | 119 | 165 | 116 |
| 2021–22 | 153 | 122 | 168 | 106 |
| 2022–23 | 175 | 138 | 127 | 145 |
| 2023–24 | 135 | 107 | 99 | 110 |
| 2024–25 | 130 | 89 | 97 | 107 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for hip replacement in a public hospital?
The national median was 130 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 89 days in Victoria to 265 days in New South Wales.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for hip replacement?
Of the 123 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital reported the shortest (26 days) and John Hunter Hospital the longest (409 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
13.0% of people who had hip replacement in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.
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The national median wait for hip replacement in Australian public hospitals was 130 days in 2024–25, from 26 days at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital to 409 days at John Hunter Hospital.
Copy-ready citation
Surgery Waits, "Hip replacement waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/), 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/hip-replacement.svg" width="720" height="386" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Hip replacement 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.