Knee replacement waiting time at Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
Half of patients at Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital waited 71 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 Mount Barker area of South 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
- 71 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 128 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 281 days in 2011–12 to 71 days in 2024–25 — down 75% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is South Coast District Hospital, about 58 km away, at 34 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital | 71 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 147 days | 14.7% | 1322 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.
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 28 km away: 130 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 31 km away: 183 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 32 km away: 99 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 34 km away: 330 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 38 km away: 98 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 38 km away: 290 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 42 km away: 114 days
South Coast District Hospital, SA · about 58 km away: 34 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 281 | 173 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 257 | 153 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 235 | 161 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 89 | 212 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 55 | 222 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 103 | 254 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 68 | 273 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 27 | 244 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 93 | 189 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 67 | 318 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 92 | 307 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 57 | 230 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 63 | 167 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 71 | 147 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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