Circumcision waiting time at Williamstown Hospital
Half of patients at Williamstown Hospital waited 55 days or less for circumcision in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Williamstown 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
- 55 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 23 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 102 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 27 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 33 days in 2016–17 to 55 days in 2024–25 — up 67% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 8 km away, at 28 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Circumcision" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamstown Hospital | 55 days | not published | 23 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 55 days | 3.2% | 816 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 80 days | 9.1% | 3291 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median.
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 8 km away: 119 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 8 km away: 28 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 9 km away: 70 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 9 km away: 132 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 10 km away: 26 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 16 km away: 147 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 17 km away: 104 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 18 km away: 83 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Williamstown Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Williamstown Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 33 | 47 | 60 |
| 2017–18 | 33 | 42 | 57 |
| 2018–19 | 34 | 39 | 60 |
| 2019–20 | 68 | 45 | 63 |
| 2020–21 | 55 | 84 | 85 |
| 2021–22 | 151 | 78 | 84 |
| 2022–23 | 79 | 112 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 58 | 63 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 55 | 55 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Williamstown Hospital · Circumcision across Australia · Circumcision in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria