Adenoid removal waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for adenoid removal in Australian public hospitals was 144 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 1 day at Mount Isa Base Hospital to 585 days at Fiona Stanley Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as "Adenoidectomy".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
Across Australia, the median wait for adenoid removal in public hospitals was 144 days in 2024–25, from 3784 surgeries. 15.5% of people waited more than 365 days. 70 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Adenoidectomy" 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 144 days marks the national median.
Queensland: 68 days
Western Australia: 119 days
South Australia: 130 days
Victoria: 140 days
Tasmania: 191 days
New South Wales: 274 days
Northern Territory: not published
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queensland | 68 days | 1.7% | 769 surgeries |
| 2 | Western Australia | 119 days | 28.5% | 316 surgeries |
| 3 | South Australia | 130 days | 13.4% | 329 surgeries |
| 4 | Victoria | 140 days | 19.1% | 786 surgeries |
| 5 | Tasmania | 191 days | 18.8% | 160 surgeries |
| 6 | New South Wales | 274 days | 18.3% | 1412 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | 12 surgeries |
Ranked by area: near Box Hill · near Camperdown · near Clayton · near Heidelberg · near Liverpool · near St Leonards · and 1 more area on the state pages.
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- QLD
- WA
- SA
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | QLD (days) | WA (days) | SA (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 84 | 60 | 77 | 48 |
| 2017–18 | 95 | 75 | 90 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | 97 | 74 | 112 | 55 |
| 2019–20 | 97 | 69 | 91 | 77 |
| 2020–21 | 207 | 76 | 253 | 84 |
| 2021–22 | 111 | 70 | 136 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 128 | 88 | 101 | 94 |
| 2023–24 | 148 | 69 | 134 | 112 |
| 2024–25 | 144 | 68 | 119 | 130 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for adenoid removal in a public hospital?
The national median was 144 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 68 days in Queensland to 274 days in New South Wales.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for adenoid removal?
Of the 70 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Mount Isa Base Hospital reported the shortest median, 1 day, and Fiona Stanley Hospital the longest, 585 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?
15.5% of people who had adenoid removal in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
Cite this page
The national median wait for adenoid removal in Australian public hospitals was 144 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Adenoid removal waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/adenoidectomy/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/adenoidectomy/), 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/adenoidectomy.svg" width="720" height="352" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Adenoid removal 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.