Breast reduction waiting time at Noarlunga Hospital
Half of patients at Noarlunga Hospital waited 442 days or less for breast reduction in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Noarlunga Centre 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
- 442 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 27 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 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 20 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 35 days in 2016–17 to 442 days in 2024–25 — up 1163% — while the national median rose from 178 days to 309 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Northern Hospital [Epping], about 646 km away, at 61 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noarlunga Hospital | 442 days | not published | 27 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 497 days | 65.2% | 138 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 182 days | 27.9% | 190 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 309 days | 33.2% | 744 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 309 days marks the national median.
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 15 km away: 553 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 26 km away: 588 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 29 km away: 659 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 646 km away: 61 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 648 km away: 395 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 648 km away: 321 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 666 km away: 87 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 678 km away: 849 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 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
- Noarlunga Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Noarlunga Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 35 | not published | 178 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 216 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 250 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 326 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 386 | 347 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 301 |
| 2022–23 | 396 | not published | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 496 | not published | 325 |
| 2024–25 | 442 | 497 | 309 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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