Knee replacement waiting time at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
Half of patients at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital waited 316 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 Waitara 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
- 316 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 144 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 11.1%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 79 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 251 days in 2011–12 to 316 days in 2024–25 — up 26% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ryde Hospital, about 11 km away, at 274 days. Here, 11.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital | 316 days | 11.1% | 144 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 31.3% | 7172 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.
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 11 km away: 274 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 317 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 339 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 181 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 345 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 240 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 362 days
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics, NSW · about 22 km away: 91 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 251 | 303 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 259 | 297 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 182 | 290 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 218 | 290 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 317 | 290 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 288 | 290 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 277 | 281 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 286 | 281 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 273 | 296 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 315 | 342 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 343 | 337 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 395 | 344 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 335 | 321 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 316 | 340 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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