Knee replacement waiting time at Rockingham General Hospital
Half of patients at Rockingham General Hospital waited 120 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 Cooloongup area of Western 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
- 120 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 138 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 10.1%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 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 105 days in 2011–12 to 120 days in 2024–25 — up 14% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peel Health Campus, about 27 km away, at 59 days. Here, 10.1% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.2%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Total knee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockingham General Hospital | 120 days | 10.1% | 138 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 155 days | 18.8% | 2087 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.
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 26 km away: 131 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 27 km away: 59 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 29 km away: 124 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 36 km away: 321 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 39 km away: 361 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 45 km away: 174 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 49 km away: 388 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 61 km away: 174 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Rockingham General Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Rockingham General Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 105 | 119 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 84 | 105 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 78 | 83 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 109 | 102 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 89 | 94 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 189 | 100 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 199 | 120 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 118 | 135 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 112 | 126 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 179 | 170 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 190 | 184 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 379 | 213 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 190 | 165 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 120 | 155 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Rockingham General Hospital · Knee replacement across Australia · Knee replacement in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia