--- title: "Hip replacement waiting times in Australian public hospitals" description: "Median public-hospital waiting time for Hip replacement in 2024–25: 130 days nationally, compared state by state and hospital by hospital." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/" --- # Hip replacement waiting times in Australian public hospitals The national median wait for hip replacement in Australian public hospitals was **130 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 26 days at [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/hip-replacement/) to 409 days at [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/hip-replacement/). The source publishes this surgery as "Total hip replacement". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. Across Australia, the median wait for hip replacement in public hospitals was **130 days** in 2024–25, from 12180 surgeries. 13.0% of people waited more than 365 days. 123 public hospitals published a median wait for it. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick "Total hip 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 130 days marks the national median. - [Victoria](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/vic/): 89 days - [South Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/sa/): 97 days - [Queensland](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/qld/): 107 days - [Western Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/wa/): 125 days - [Tasmania](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/tas/): 126 days - [Australian Capital Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/act/): 181 days - [New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/nsw/): 265 days - [Northern Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/nt/): not published Total hip replacement in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Victoria](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/vic/) | 89 days | 6.6% | 3160 surgeries | | 2 | [South Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/sa/) | 97 days | 8.2% | 792 surgeries | | 3 | [Queensland](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/qld/) | 107 days | 10.7% | 1890 surgeries | | 4 | [Western Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/wa/) | 125 days | 10.6% | 1495 surgeries | | 5 | [Tasmania](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/tas/) | 126 days | 5.4% | 464 surgeries | | 6 | [Australian Capital Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/act/) | 181 days | 22.8% | 158 surgeries | | 7 | [New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/nsw/) | 265 days | 20.9% | 4162 surgeries | | unranked | [Northern Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/nt/) | not published | not published | 59 surgeries | Ranked by area: [near Camperdown](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/near/camperdown/) · [near Herston](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/near/herston/) · [near the Perth CBD](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/near/perth-cbd/) · [near St Leonards](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/near/st-leonards/) · [near Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/near/westmead/) · [near Woolloongabba](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/near/woolloongabba/) · and 16 more areas on the state pages. ## How the wait has changed **View these numbers as a table** Median wait in days for Total hip replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | SA (days) | QLD (days) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2011–12 | 116 | 99 | 130 | 81 | | 2012–13 | 116 | 105 | 108 | 78 | | 2013–14 | 106 | 111 | 104 | 76 | | 2014–15 | 109 | 105 | 117 | 57 | | 2015–16 | 114 | 115 | 144 | 63 | | 2016–17 | 110 | 83 | 174 | 80 | | 2017–18 | 119 | 89 | 167 | 90 | | 2018–19 | 119 | 85 | 137 | 97 | | 2019–20 | 120 | 92 | 119 | 101 | | 2020–21 | 179 | 119 | 165 | 116 | | 2021–22 | 153 | 122 | 168 | 106 | | 2022–23 | 175 | 138 | 127 | 145 | | 2023–24 | 135 | 107 | 99 | 110 | | 2024–25 | 130 | 89 | 97 | 107 | ## Common questions ### How long is the wait for hip replacement in a public hospital? The national median was 130 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 89 days in Victoria to 265 days in New South Wales. ### Which public hospital has the shortest wait for hip replacement? Of the 123 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/hip-replacement/) reported the shortest median, 26 days, and [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/hip-replacement/) the longest, 409 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). A shorter median is not a recommendation. [How to read these figures](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/). ### How many people waited more than a year? 13.0% of people who had hip replacement 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 hip replacement in Australian public hospitals was 130 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Hip replacement waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026. ### Embed the chart The state comparison is also published as a standalone image at a stable address — [the SVG chart](https://surgerywaits.au/charts/hip-replacement.svg) — free to embed or link with the attribution below: ``` Median public hospital waiting time for Hip replacement 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](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you. **In an emergency call 000.** Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations. Surgery Waits is published by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). * * * This is the Markdown copy of https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/.