Deviated septum surgery waiting time at Wollongong Hospital
Half of patients at Wollongong Hospital waited 348 days or less for deviated septum surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Septoplasty". 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
- 348 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 89 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 15.7%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 103 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 68 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 331 days in 2011–12 to 348 days in 2024–25 — up 5% — while the national median rose from 160 days to 320 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St George Hospital NSW, about 56 km away, at 181 days. Here, 15.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 30.8%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Septoplasty" 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 | 348 days | 15.7% | 89 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 26.6% | 1713 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 320 days | 30.8% | 5687 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 320 days marks the national median.
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 39 km away: 349 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 48 km away: 368 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 56 km away: 181 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 367 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 344 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 60 km away: 353 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 64 km away: 330 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 361 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 | 331 | 320 | 160 |
| 2012–13 | 180 | 327 | 197 |
| 2013–14 | 167 | 324 | 221 |
| 2014–15 | not published | 322 | 214 |
| 2015–16 | 329 | 317 | 209 |
| 2016–17 | 355 | 322 | 209 |
| 2017–18 | 344 | 328 | 248 |
| 2018–19 | 350 | 328 | 241 |
| 2019–20 | 376 | 332 | 277 |
| 2020–21 | 400 | 351 | 330 |
| 2021–22 | 364 | 363 | 315 |
| 2022–23 | 433 | 398 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 353 | 349 | 332 |
| 2024–25 | 348 | 340 | 320 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Wollongong Hospital · Deviated septum surgery across Australia · Deviated septum surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales