Aortic aneurysm repair waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for aortic aneurysm repair in Australian public hospitals was 24 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 3 days at Wollongong Hospital to 98 days at The Prince Charles Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as "Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
The source splits aortic aneurysm repair in two: this page covers "Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement", and repairs using a Y-shaped graft that splits into the two main arteries to the legs are on replacement of aortic aneurysm with bifurcation graft.
Across Australia, the median wait for aortic aneurysm repair in public hospitals was 24 days in 2024–25, from 862 surgeries. 0.8% of people waited more than 365 days. 24 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
State by state
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 24 days marks the national median.
Victoria: 15 days
Queensland: 26 days
New South Wales: 30 days
Western Australia: 33 days
Australian Capital Territory: not published
Northern Territory: not published
South Australia: not published
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 15 days | 0.5% | 208 surgeries |
| 2 | Queensland | 26 days | 2.4% | 254 surgeries |
| 3 | New South Wales | 30 days | 0.0% | 205 surgeries |
| 4 | Western Australia | 33 days | 0.0% | 156 surgeries |
| unranked | Australian Capital Territory | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | South Australia | not published | not published | 34 surgeries |
Ranked by area: near Herston.
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- VIC
- QLD
- NSW
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | QLD (days) | NSW (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 21 | not published | 18 | 22 |
| 2017–18 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 19 |
| 2019–20 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 19 |
| 2020–21 | 22 | 17 | 25 | 19 |
| 2021–22 | 23 | 20 | 24 | 22 |
| 2022–23 | 25 | 19 | 29 | 23 |
| 2023–24 | 27 | 16 | 31 | 27 |
| 2024–25 | 24 | 15 | 26 | 30 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for aortic aneurysm repair in a public hospital?
The national median was 24 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 15 days in Victoria to 33 days in Western Australia.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for aortic aneurysm repair?
Of the 24 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Wollongong Hospital reported the shortest median, 3 days, and The Prince Charles Hospital the longest, 98 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). A shorter median is not a recommendation. How to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
0.8% of people who had aortic aneurysm repair in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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The national median wait for aortic aneurysm repair in Australian public hospitals was 24 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Aortic aneurysm repair waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/abdominal-or-thoracic-aortic-aneurysm-repair-replacement/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/abdominal-or-thoracic-aortic-aneurysm-repair-replacement/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/abdominal-or-thoracic-aortic-aneurysm-repair-replacement.svg" width="720" height="284" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Aortic aneurysm repair by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.