Hip replacement waiting time at Fairfield Hospital
Half of patients at Fairfield Hospital waited 348 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 Prairiewood area of New South Wales.
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
- 348 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 175 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 33.7%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 116 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 259 days in 2011–12 to 348 days in 2024–25 — up 34% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Westmead Hospital, about 10 km away, at 109 days. Here, 33.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Hospital | 348 days | 33.7% | 175 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 265 days | 20.9% | 4162 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.
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 349 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 109 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 334 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 347 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 18 km away: 97 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 225 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 165 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 21 km away: 330 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Fairfield Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Fairfield Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 259 | 193 | 116 |
| 2012–13 | 237 | 196 | 116 |
| 2013–14 | 246 | 191 | 106 |
| 2014–15 | 265 | 206 | 109 |
| 2015–16 | 263 | 212 | 114 |
| 2016–17 | 252 | 217 | 110 |
| 2017–18 | 253 | 212 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 299 | 220 | 119 |
| 2019–20 | 294 | 202 | 120 |
| 2020–21 | 327 | 271 | 179 |
| 2021–22 | 393 | 231 | 153 |
| 2022–23 | 377 | 244 | 175 |
| 2023–24 | 287 | 225 | 135 |
| 2024–25 | 348 | 265 | 130 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Fairfield Hospital · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales