Hip replacement waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
Half of patients at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] waited 193 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 Carlton 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
- 193 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 101 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 10.9%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 80 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 99 days in 2011–12 to 193 days in 2024–25 — up 95% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 2 km away, at 41 days. Here, 10.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 193 days | 10.9% | 101 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.
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 2 km away: 41 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 6 km away: 78 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 6 km away: 144 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 9 km away: 107 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 9 km away: 187 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 10 km away: 242 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 14 km away: 90 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 16 km away: 151 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 99 | 99 | 116 |
| 2012–13 | 221 | 105 | 116 |
| 2013–14 | 183 | 111 | 106 |
| 2014–15 | 174 | 105 | 109 |
| 2015–16 | 219 | 115 | 114 |
| 2016–17 | 115 | 83 | 110 |
| 2017–18 | 141 | 89 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 84 | 85 | 119 |
| 2019–20 | 102 | 92 | 120 |
| 2020–21 | 86 | 119 | 179 |
| 2021–22 | 138 | 122 | 153 |
| 2022–23 | 169 | 138 | 175 |
| 2023–24 | 175 | 107 | 135 |
| 2024–25 | 193 | 89 | 130 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria