Hip replacement waiting time at Noarlunga Hospital
Half of patients at Noarlunga Hospital waited 91 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 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
- 91 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 160 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 6.9%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 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 335 days in 2021–22 to 91 days in 2024–25 — down 73% — while the national median fell from 153 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 15 km away, at 63 days. Here, 6.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 13.0%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noarlunga Hospital | 91 days | 6.9% | 160 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 97 days | 8.2% | 792 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.
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 15 km away: 63 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 26 km away: 107 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 29 km away: 204 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 34 km away: 38 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 38 km away: 92 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 46 km away: 85 days
South Coast District Hospital, SA · about 48 km away: 273 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 71 km away: 73 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Noarlunga Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Noarlunga Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 130 | 116 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 108 | 116 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 104 | 106 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 117 | 109 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 144 | 114 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 174 | 110 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 167 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 137 | 119 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 119 | 120 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 165 | 179 |
| 2021–22 | 335 | 168 | 153 |
| 2022–23 | 163 | 127 | 175 |
| 2023–24 | 105 | 99 | 135 |
| 2024–25 | 91 | 97 | 130 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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