Hip replacement waiting time at The Bendigo Hospital
Half of patients at The Bendigo Hospital waited 62 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 Bendigo 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
- 62 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 232 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 104 days in 2011–12 to 62 days in 2024–25 — down 40% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bendigo Hospital | 62 days | 0.0% | 232 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.
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 98 km away: 156 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 109 km away: 75 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 120 km away: 104 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 128 km away: 144 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 131 km away: 187 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 131 km away: 193 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 131 km away: 242 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 132 km away: 274 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Bendigo Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Bendigo Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 104 | 99 | 116 |
| 2012–13 | 116 | 105 | 116 |
| 2013–14 | 92 | 111 | 106 |
| 2014–15 | 108 | 105 | 109 |
| 2015–16 | 124 | 115 | 114 |
| 2016–17 | 105 | 83 | 110 |
| 2017–18 | 121 | 89 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 119 | 85 | 119 |
| 2019–20 | 111 | 92 | 120 |
| 2020–21 | 163 | 119 | 179 |
| 2021–22 | 118 | 122 | 153 |
| 2022–23 | 87 | 138 | 175 |
| 2023–24 | 69 | 107 | 135 |
| 2024–25 | 62 | 89 | 130 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Bendigo Hospital · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria