Knee replacement waiting time at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service
Half of patients at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service waited 233 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 Gambier 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
- 233 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 72 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.8%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 60 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 1 day in 2012–13 to 233 days in 2024–25 — up 23200% — while the national median rose from 196 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is South West Healthcare [Warrnambool], about 161 km away, at 85 days. Here, 2.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service | 233 days | 2.8% | 72 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 147 days | 14.7% | 1322 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 133 days | 14.9% | 3839 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.
Naracoorte Health Service, SA · about 93 km away: 292 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool], VIC · about 161 km away: 85 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 271 km away: 181 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 316 km away: 113 days
South Coast District Hospital, SA · about 316 km away: 34 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 327 km away: 98 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 331 km away: 86 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 344 km away: 370 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 173 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 1 | 153 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 30 | 161 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 1 | 212 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 16 | 222 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 12 | 254 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 4 | 273 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 4 | 244 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 28 | 189 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 37 | 318 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 62 | 307 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 62 | 230 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 50 | 167 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 233 | 147 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service · Knee replacement across Australia · Knee replacement in South Australia · All surgery waits in South Australia