Total knee replacement waiting time at Townsville University Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Total knee replacement at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

Median wait: 318 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 142 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 39.4%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 128 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 82 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total knee replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Townsville University Hospital	318 days	39.4%	142 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	266 days	21.5%	2712 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	255 days	23.2%	17987 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 255 days marks the national median.

Cairns HospitalQLD · about 288 km away352 days
Mackay Base HospitalQLD · about 322 km away432 days
Rockhampton HospitalQLD · about 594 km away562 days
Bundaberg Base HospitalQLD · about 843 km away108 days
Hervey Bay HospitalQLD · about 911 km away271 days
Maryborough HospitalQLD · about 920 km away158 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Total knee replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Townsville University Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	158	120	184
2012–13	294	153	196
2013–14	302	146	194
2014–15	264	92	191
2015–16	239	88	188
2016–17	275	140	195
2017–18	336	181	198
2018–19	353	211	209
2019–20	318	233	223
2020–21	347	311	308
2021–22	370	305	293
2022–23	405	334	308
2023–24	382	276	265
2024–25	318	266	255

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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