Female sterilisation waiting time at Bunbury Hospital
Half of patients at Bunbury Hospital waited 115 days or less for female sterilisation in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the College Grove area of Western Australia.
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
- 115 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 53 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 40 days in 2016–17 to 115 days in 2024–25 — up 188% — while the national median rose from 74 days to 129 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Busselton Health Campus, about 44 km away, at 110 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunbury Hospital | 115 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 5.9% | 272 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 129 days | 11.5% | 1388 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 129 days marks the national median.
Busselton Health Campus, WA · about 44 km away: 110 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 93 km away: 14 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 120 km away: 266 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 142 km away: 113 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 146 km away: 114 days
King Edward Memorial Hospital, WA · about 158 km away: 63 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 165 km away: 129 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 181 km away: 36 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bunbury Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bunbury Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 40 | 51 | 74 |
| 2017–18 | 44 | 55 | 76 |
| 2018–19 | 35 | 65 | 78 |
| 2019–20 | 52 | 78 | 88 |
| 2020–21 | 54 | 82 | 112 |
| 2021–22 | 109 | 99 | 112 |
| 2022–23 | 84 | 77 | 102 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 80 | 118 |
| 2024–25 | 115 | 96 | 129 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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