--- title: "Deviated septum surgery waiting times in Australian public hospitals" description: "Median public-hospital waiting time for Deviated septum surgery in 2024–25: 320 days nationally, compared state by state and hospital by hospital." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/" --- # Deviated septum surgery waiting times in Australian public hospitals The national median wait for deviated septum surgery in Australian public hospitals was **320 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 8 days at [Port Lincoln Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-lincoln-health-service/septoplasty/) to 910 days at [Box Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/box-hill-hospital/septoplasty/). The source publishes this surgery as "Septoplasty". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. Across Australia, the median wait for deviated septum surgery in public hospitals was **320 days** in 2024–25, from 5687 surgeries. 30.8% of people waited more than 365 days. 103 public hospitals published a median wait for it. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick "Septoplasty" 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 320 days marks the national median. - [Western Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/wa/): 211 days - [Tasmania](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/tas/): 271 days - [Victoria](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/vic/): 279 days - [South Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/sa/): 300 days - [Queensland](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/qld/): 317 days - [New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/nsw/): 340 days - [Australian Capital Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/act/): not published - [Northern Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/nt/): not published Septoplasty 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 | [Western Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/wa/) | 211 days | 25.2% | 421 surgeries | | 2 | [Tasmania](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/tas/) | 271 days | 36.1% | 166 surgeries | | 3 | [Victoria](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/vic/) | 279 days | 41.1% | 1841 surgeries | | 4 | [South Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/sa/) | 300 days | 23.5% | 584 surgeries | | 5 | [Queensland](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/qld/) | 317 days | 18.9% | 801 surgeries | | 6 | [New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/nsw/) | 340 days | 26.6% | 1713 surgeries | | unranked | [Australian Capital Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/act/) | not published | not published | 99 surgeries | | unranked | [Northern Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/nt/) | not published | not published | 62 surgeries | Ranked by area: [near Camperdown](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/near/camperdown/) · [near Clayton](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/near/clayton/) · [near Liverpool](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/near/liverpool/) · [near the Perth CBD](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/near/perth-cbd/) · [near Randwick](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/near/randwick/) · [near St Leonards](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/near/st-leonards/) · and 13 more areas on the state pages. ## How the wait has changed **View these numbers as a table** Median wait in days for Septoplasty, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Reference period | Australia (days) | WA (days) | TAS (days) | VIC (days) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2011–12 | 160 | 99 | 200 | 101 | | 2012–13 | 197 | 124 | 272 | 129 | | 2013–14 | 221 | 139 | not published | 138 | | 2014–15 | 214 | 183 | not published | 131 | | 2015–16 | 209 | 173 | 383 | 123 | | 2016–17 | 209 | 161 | not published | 89 | | 2017–18 | 248 | 198 | not published | 112 | | 2018–19 | 241 | 205 | not published | 125 | | 2019–20 | 277 | 224 | not published | 137 | | 2020–21 | 330 | 308 | 371 | 264 | | 2021–22 | 315 | 216 | not published | 196 | | 2022–23 | 365 | 288 | 229 | 449 | | 2023–24 | 332 | 238 | 230 | 377 | | 2024–25 | 320 | 211 | 271 | 279 | ## Common questions ### How long is the wait for deviated septum surgery in a public hospital? The national median was 320 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 211 days in Western Australia to 340 days in New South Wales. ### Which public hospital has the shortest wait for deviated septum surgery? Of the 103 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, [Port Lincoln Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-lincoln-health-service/septoplasty/) reported the shortest median, 8 days, and [Box Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/box-hill-hospital/septoplasty/) the longest, 910 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? 30.8% of people who had deviated septum surgery 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 deviated septum surgery in Australian public hospitals was 320 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Deviated septum surgery waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/)), 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/septoplasty.svg) — free to embed or link with the attribution below: ``` Median public hospital waiting time for Deviated septum surgery 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/septoplasty/.