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 to 910 days at Box Hill Hospital. 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 → 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: 211 days
Tasmania: 271 days
Victoria: 279 days
South Australia: 300 days
Queensland: 317 days
New South Wales: 340 days
Australian Capital Territory: not published
Northern Territory: not published
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Australia | 211 days | 25.2% | 421 surgeries |
| 2 | Tasmania | 271 days | 36.1% | 166 surgeries |
| 3 | Victoria | 279 days | 41.1% | 1841 surgeries |
| 4 | South Australia | 300 days | 23.5% | 584 surgeries |
| 5 | Queensland | 317 days | 18.9% | 801 surgeries |
| 6 | New South Wales | 340 days | 26.6% | 1713 surgeries |
| unranked | Australian Capital Territory | not published | not published | 99 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | 62 surgeries |
Ranked by area: near Camperdown · near Clayton · near Liverpool · near the Perth CBD · near Randwick · near St Leonards · and 13 more areas on the state pages.
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- WA
- TAS
- VIC
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| 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 reported the shortest median, 8 days, and Box Hill Hospital the longest, 910 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). A shorter median is not a recommendation. How to read these figures.
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).
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The national median wait for deviated septum surgery in Australian public hospitals was 320 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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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/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/septoplasty.svg" width="720" height="352" alt="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.