Surgery Waits

Hip replacement waiting time at Gold Coast University Hospital

The median wait for hip replacement — published by the source as "Total hip replacement" — at this public hospital in the Parkwood area of Queensland was 95 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
95 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
146 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
9.6%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 35 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 44 days in 2011–12 to 95 days in 2024–25 — up 116% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Tweed Valley Hospital, about 29 km away, at 68 days. Here, 9.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 13.0%.

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.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total hip replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Gold Coast University Hospital95 days9.6%146 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)265 days20.9%4162 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)107 days10.7%1890 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)130 days13.0%12180 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for total hip replacement by financial year at Gold Coast University Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays0501001502002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Gold Coast University Hospital 95QLD 107Australia 130
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Total hip replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodGold Coast University Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2011–124481116
2012–135178116
2013–145176106
2014–158257109
2015–168363114
2016–178180110
2017–188490119
2018–198897119
2019–2093101120
2020–2185116179
2021–2278106153
2022–23119145175
2023–2497110135
2024–2595107130

Queensland's quarterly figures for orthopaedic surgery

These are not figures for total hip replacement. Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.

Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.

Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Gold Coast University.

Patients treated
379 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
97.6%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
1052 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
0 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Gold Coast University Hospital · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in Queensland