Surgery Waits

Knee replacement waiting time at South Coast District Hospital

The median wait for knee replacement — published by the source as "Total knee replacement" — at this public hospital in the Victor Harbor area of South Australia was 34 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
34 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
17 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 241 days in 2011–12 to 34 days in 2024–25 — down 86% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total knee replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
South Coast District Hospital34 daysnot published17 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)147 days14.7%1322 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)255 days23.2%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for total knee replacement by financial year at South Coast District Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25South Coast District Hospital 34SA 147Australia 255
  • South Coast District Hospital
  • SA
  • Australia
View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Total knee replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSouth Coast District Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2011–12241173184
2012–13188153196
2013–14139161194
2014–15245212191
2015–16309222188
2016–17302254195
2017–18194273198
2018–19281244209
2019–20327189223
2020–21226318308
2021–22184307293
2022–23138230308
2023–2444167265
2024–2534147255

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at South Coast District Hospital · Knee replacement across Australia · Knee replacement in South Australia