Surgery Waits

Hip replacement waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus

The median wait for hip replacement — published by the source as "Total hip replacement" — at this public hospital in the Perth area of Western Australia was 211 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
211 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
111 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
32.4%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 86 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 108 days in 2011–12 to 211 days in 2024–25 — up 95% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 5 km away, at 204 days. Here, 32.4% 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
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus211 days32.4%111 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)125 days10.6%1495 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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for total hip replacement by financial year at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays0631251882502011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus 211WA 125Australia 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 periodRoyal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2011–1210895116
2012–1315492116
2013–1410069106
2014–1512484109
2015–1613678114
2016–1713786110
2017–188790119
2018–19111102119
2019–2010089120
2020–21170124179
2021–22205114153
2022–23220150175
2023–24235130135
2024–25211125130

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

All surgery at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in Western Australia