Hip replacement waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
Half of patients at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] waited 156 days or less for hip replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Total hip replacement". This public hospital is in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 156 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 73 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 8.2%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 65 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 69 days in 2011–12 to 156 days in 2024–25 — up 126% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is University Hospital Geelong, about 80 km away, at 87 days. Here, 8.2% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 13.0%.
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.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] | 156 days | 8.2% | 73 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 89 days | 6.6% | 3160 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 130 days | 13.0% | 12180 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 80 km away: 87 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 83 km away: 274 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 95 km away: 144 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 98 km away: 107 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 98 km away: 62 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 101 km away: 193 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 103 km away: 41 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 103 km away: 104 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 69 | 99 | 116 |
| 2012–13 | 80 | 105 | 116 |
| 2013–14 | 76 | 111 | 106 |
| 2014–15 | 106 | 105 | 109 |
| 2015–16 | 165 | 115 | 114 |
| 2016–17 | 111 | 83 | 110 |
| 2017–18 | 90 | 89 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 89 | 85 | 119 |
| 2019–20 | 101 | 92 | 120 |
| 2020–21 | 125 | 119 | 179 |
| 2021–22 | 83 | 122 | 153 |
| 2022–23 | 103 | 138 | 175 |
| 2023–24 | 118 | 107 | 135 |
| 2024–25 | 156 | 89 | 130 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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