Knee replacement waiting time at Noarlunga Hospital
Half of patients at Noarlunga Hospital waited 330 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 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
- 330 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 206 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 10.7%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 88 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 354 days in 2020–21 to 330 days in 2024–25 — down 7% — while the national median fell from 308 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 15 km away, at 130 days. Here, 10.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noarlunga Hospital | 330 days | 10.7% | 206 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 15 km away: 130 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 26 km away: 183 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 29 km away: 290 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 34 km away: 71 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 38 km away: 99 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 46 km away: 114 days
South Coast District Hospital, SA · about 48 km away: 34 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 71 km away: 98 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 | 173 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 153 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 161 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 212 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | not published | 222 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 254 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 273 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 244 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 189 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 354 | 318 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 351 | 307 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 352 | 230 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 336 | 167 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 330 | 147 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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