Hip replacement waiting time at Northeast Health Wangaratta
Half of patients at Northeast Health Wangaratta waited 75 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 Wangaratta area of Victoria.
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
- 75 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 168 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.4%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 19 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 90 days in 2011–12 to 75 days in 2024–25 — down 17% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Bendigo Hospital, about 187 km away, at 62 days. Here, 2.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Health Wangaratta | 75 days | 2.4% | 168 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 265 days | 20.9% | 4162 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.
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 56 km away: 247 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 81 km away: 75 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 167 km away: 337 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 185 km away: 104 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 187 km away: 62 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood], VIC · about 187 km away: 112 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 192 km away: 242 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 192 km away: 187 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
- Northeast Health Wangaratta
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Northeast Health Wangaratta (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 90 | 99 | 116 |
| 2012–13 | 315 | 105 | 116 |
| 2013–14 | 209 | 111 | 106 |
| 2014–15 | 102 | 105 | 109 |
| 2015–16 | 136 | 115 | 114 |
| 2016–17 | 91 | 83 | 110 |
| 2017–18 | 107 | 89 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 146 | 85 | 119 |
| 2019–20 | 87 | 92 | 120 |
| 2020–21 | 75 | 119 | 179 |
| 2021–22 | 113 | 122 | 153 |
| 2022–23 | 52 | 138 | 175 |
| 2023–24 | 84 | 107 | 135 |
| 2024–25 | 75 | 89 | 130 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Northeast Health Wangaratta · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria