Hip replacement waiting time at Naracoorte Health Service
Half of patients at Naracoorte Health Service waited 224 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 Naracoorte 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
- 224 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 32 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 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 89 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 219 days in 2012–13 to 224 days in 2024–25 — up 2% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service, about 93 km away, at 105 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naracoorte Health Service | 224 days | not published | 32 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 97 days | 8.2% | 792 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 89 days | 6.6% | 3160 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.
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service, SA · about 93 km away: 105 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool], VIC · about 219 km away: 68 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 243 km away: 73 days
South Coast District Hospital, SA · about 247 km away: 273 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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
- Naracoorte Health Service
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Naracoorte Health Service (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 130 | 116 |
| 2012–13 | 219 | 108 | 116 |
| 2013–14 | 259 | 104 | 106 |
| 2014–15 | 243 | 117 | 109 |
| 2015–16 | 235 | 144 | 114 |
| 2016–17 | 263 | 174 | 110 |
| 2017–18 | 238 | 167 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 157 | 137 | 119 |
| 2019–20 | 194 | 119 | 120 |
| 2020–21 | 296 | 165 | 179 |
| 2021–22 | 142 | 168 | 153 |
| 2022–23 | 215 | 127 | 175 |
| 2023–24 | 118 | 99 | 135 |
| 2024–25 | 224 | 97 | 130 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Naracoorte Health Service · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in South Australia · All surgery waits in South Australia