--- title: "Hip replacement waiting times in South Australia" description: "Public hospitals in South Australia ranked by median wait for Hip replacement in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/sa/" --- # Hip replacement waiting times in South Australia The median wait for hip replacement in South Australia public hospitals was **97 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **130 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Total hip replacement". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 17 public hospitals in South Australia reported hip replacement in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first. **[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. 2 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked. Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median. - [Clare Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/clare-hospital/hip-replacement/): 31 days - [Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-barker-district-soldiers-memorial-hospital/hip-replacement/): 38 days - [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/hip-replacement/): 63 days - [Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/murray-bridge-soldiers-memorial-hospital/hip-replacement/): 73 days - [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/hip-replacement/): 85 days - [Port Pirie Regional Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-pirie-regional-health-service/hip-replacement/): 85 days - [Noarlunga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/noarlunga-hospital/hip-replacement/): 91 days - [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/hip-replacement/): 92 days - [Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-gambier-and-districts-health-service/hip-replacement/): 105 days - [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/hip-replacement/): 107 days - [Whyalla Hospital and Health Services](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/whyalla-hospital-and-health-services/hip-replacement/): 194 days - [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/hip-replacement/): 204 days - [Naracoorte Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/hip-replacement/): 224 days - [Riverland General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/riverland-general-hospital/hip-replacement/): 245 days - [South Coast District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-coast-district-hospital/hip-replacement/): 273 days - [Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-augusta-hospital-and-regional-health-services/hip-replacement/): not published - [Port Lincoln Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-lincoln-health-service/hip-replacement/): not published Total hip replacement in South Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Clare Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/clare-hospital/hip-replacement/) | 31 days | not published | 10 surgeries | | 2 | [Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-barker-district-soldiers-memorial-hospital/hip-replacement/) | 38 days | not published | 18 surgeries | | 3 | [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/hip-replacement/) | 63 days | not published | 46 surgeries | | 4 | [Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/murray-bridge-soldiers-memorial-hospital/hip-replacement/) | 73 days | not published | 34 surgeries | | 5 | [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/hip-replacement/) | 85 days | not published | 35 surgeries | | 5 | [Port Pirie Regional Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-pirie-regional-health-service/hip-replacement/) | 85 days | not published | 40 surgeries | | 7 | [Noarlunga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/noarlunga-hospital/hip-replacement/) | 91 days | 6.9% | 160 surgeries | | 8 | [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/hip-replacement/) | 92 days | 7.8% | 128 surgeries | | 9 | [Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-gambier-and-districts-health-service/hip-replacement/) | 105 days | 1.6% | 64 surgeries | | 10 | [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/hip-replacement/) | 107 days | 8.3% | 96 surgeries | | 11 | [Whyalla Hospital and Health Services](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/whyalla-hospital-and-health-services/hip-replacement/) | 194 days | not published | 33 surgeries | | 12 | [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/hip-replacement/) | 204 days | 19.6% | 56 surgeries | | 13 | [Naracoorte Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/naracoorte-health-service/hip-replacement/) | 224 days | not published | 32 surgeries | | 14 | [Riverland General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/riverland-general-hospital/hip-replacement/) | 245 days | not published | 16 surgeries | | 15 | [South Coast District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-coast-district-hospital/hip-replacement/) | 273 days | not published | 11 surgeries | | unranked | [Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-augusta-hospital-and-regional-health-services/hip-replacement/) | not published | not published | 9 surgeries | | unranked | [Port Lincoln Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-lincoln-health-service/hip-replacement/) | not published | not published | not published | Ranked by area in South Australia: [near the Adelaide CBD](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/near/adelaide-cbd/) · [near Bedford Park](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/near/bedford-park/) · [near Elizabeth Vale](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/near/elizabeth-vale/). **Cite this page** > The median wait for hip replacement in South Australia public hospitals was 97 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Hip replacement waiting times in South Australia", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/sa/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/sa/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/sa/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026. ## What is not here Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here. Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — [read what that means](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/), or see [every surgery reported in South Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/state/sa/). ## 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/sa/.