Hip replacement waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

The median wait for hip replacement — published by the source as "Total hip replacement" — at this public hospital in the Geelong area of Victoria was 87 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

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

Median wait: 87 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 339 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 30 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 122 days in 2011–12 to 87 days in 2024–25 — down 29% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 64 km away, at 78 days. Here, 0.0% 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
University Hospital Geelong	87 days	0.0%	339 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	89 days	6.6%	3160 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	130 days	13.0%	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.

Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 41 km away274 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 56 km away107 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 61 km away144 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 61 km away261 days
The AlfredVIC · about 64 km away78 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 65 km away193 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 66 km away41 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 66 km away151 days

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

How the wait has changed

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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 period	University Hospital Geelong (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	122	99	116
2012–13	154	105	116
2013–14	154	111	106
2014–15	99	105	109
2015–16	67	115	114
2016–17	77	83	110
2017–18	51	89	119
2018–19	52	85	119
2019–20	60	92	120
2020–21	108	119	179
2021–22	157	122	153
2022–23	124	138	175
2023–24	75	107	135
2024–25	87	89	130

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

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