Knee replacement waiting time at Bunbury Hospital
Half of patients at Bunbury Hospital waited 162 days or less for knee replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Total knee replacement". 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
- 162 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 99 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 34.3%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 128 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 38 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 217 days in 2011–12 to 162 days in 2024–25 — down 25% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peel Health Campus, about 93 km away, at 59 days. Here, 34.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.2%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Total knee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunbury Hospital | 162 days | 34.3% | 99 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 155 days | 18.8% | 2087 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 255 days | 23.2% | 17987 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 255 days marks the national median.
Busselton Health Campus, WA · about 44 km away: 275 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 93 km away: 59 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 120 km away: 120 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 142 km away: 124 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 146 km away: 131 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 156 km away: 321 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 158 km away: 361 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 165 km away: 174 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 217 | 119 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 204 | 105 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 126 | 83 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 91 | 102 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 119 | 94 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 189 | 100 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 297 | 120 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 236 | 135 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 132 | 126 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 234 | 170 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 303 | 184 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 305 | 213 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 364 | 165 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 162 | 155 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Bunbury Hospital · Knee replacement across Australia · Knee replacement in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia