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Knee replacement waiting times in Western Australia

The median wait for knee replacement in Western Australia public hospitals was 155 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.

13 public hospitals in Western 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.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 255 days marks the national median.

Total knee replacement in Western 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 Peel Health Campus 59 days 0.0% 139 surgeries
2 Rockingham General Hospital 120 days 10.1% 138 surgeries
3 Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital 124 days 0.6% 333 surgeries
4 Fremantle Hospital and Health Service 131 days 1.5% 267 surgeries
5 Bunbury Hospital 162 days 34.3% 99 surgeries
6 Joondalup Health Campus (Public) 174 days 8.1% 271 surgeries
6 Osborne Park Hospital 174 days 12.7% 71 surgeries
8 Geraldton Hospital 210 days 16.5% 97 surgeries
9 Busselton Health Campus 275 days 35.1% 114 surgeries
10 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 321 days 36.9% 160 surgeries
11 Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus 361 days 48.2% 168 surgeries
12 Albany Hospital 365 days 48.7% 76 surgeries
13 St John of God Midland Public Hospital 388 days 56.0% 134 surgeries

Ranked by area in Western Australia: near Nedlands · near the Perth CBD.

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The median wait for knee replacement in Western Australia public hospitals was 155 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/knee-replacement/wa/), 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 Western Australia.