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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 → 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.

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 31 days not published 10 surgeries
2 Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital 38 days not published 18 surgeries
3 Flinders Medical Centre 63 days not published 46 surgeries
4 Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital 73 days not published 34 surgeries
5 Lyell McEwin Hospital 85 days not published 35 surgeries
5 Port Pirie Regional Health Service 85 days not published 40 surgeries
7 Noarlunga Hospital 91 days 6.9% 160 surgeries
8 Modbury Hospital 92 days 7.8% 128 surgeries
9 Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service 105 days 1.6% 64 surgeries
10 Royal Adelaide Hospital 107 days 8.3% 96 surgeries
11 Whyalla Hospital and Health Services 194 days not published 33 surgeries
12 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital 204 days 19.6% 56 surgeries
13 Naracoorte Health Service 224 days not published 32 surgeries
14 Riverland General Hospital 245 days not published 16 surgeries
15 South Coast District Hospital 273 days not published 11 surgeries
unranked Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Port Lincoln Health Service not published not published not published

Ranked by area in South Australia: near the Adelaide CBD · near Bedford Park · near Elizabeth Vale.

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The median wait for hip replacement in South Australia public hospitals was 97 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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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/), 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. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in South Australia.