Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Wollongong Hospital
Half of patients at Wollongong Hospital waited 76 days or less for inguinal hernia repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy". This public hospital is in the Wollongong area of New South Wales.
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
- 76 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 63 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 3.2%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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 88 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 88 days in 2011–12 to 76 days in 2024–25 — down 14% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bowral Hospital, about 43 km away, at 63 days. Here, 3.2% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.0%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong Hospital | 76 days | 3.2% | 63 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 101 days | 8.1% | 5703 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 73 days | 5.0% | 16694 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 73 days marks the national median.
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 92 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 39 km away: 322 days
Bowral Hospital, NSW · about 43 km away: 63 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 48 km away: 298 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 56 km away: 178 days
Shoalhaven Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 308 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 120 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 183 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Wollongong Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wollongong Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 88 | 72 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 65 | 71 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 85 | 69 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 81 | 70 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 109 | 69 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 58 | 72 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 49 | 75 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 79 | 77 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 92 | 78 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 101 | 92 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 100 | 90 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 84 | 115 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 91 | 97 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 76 | 101 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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