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Knee replacement waiting times in South Australia

The median wait for knee replacement in South Australia public hospitals was 147 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 255 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Total knee replacement".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

19 public hospitals in South Australia reported knee 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 knee 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 255 days marks the national median.

Total knee 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 South Coast District Hospital 34 days not published 17 surgeries
2 Clare Hospital 36 days not published 31 surgeries
3 Port Lincoln Health Service 39 days not published 19 surgeries
4 Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital 71 days not published 18 surgeries
5 Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services 88 days not published 32 surgeries
6 Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital 98 days 1.7% 59 surgeries
7 Modbury Hospital 99 days 14.6% 288 surgeries
8 Port Pirie Regional Health Service 110 days 22.9% 109 surgeries
9 Lyell McEwin Hospital 114 days 14.8% 54 surgeries
10 Flinders Medical Centre 130 days not published 31 surgeries
11 Whyalla Hospital and Health Services 180 days 0.0% 72 surgeries
12 Royal Adelaide Hospital 183 days 25.0% 92 surgeries
13 Riverland General Hospital 190 days 18.5% 54 surgeries
14 Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service 233 days 2.8% 72 surgeries
15 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital 290 days 34.7% 101 surgeries
16 Naracoorte Health Service 292 days 27.1% 59 surgeries
17 Noarlunga Hospital 330 days 10.7% 206 surgeries
unranked Gawler Health Service not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo) 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 knee replacement in South Australia public hospitals was 147 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Knee replacement waiting times in South Australia", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/knee-replacement/sa/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/knee-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.