WaitFinder

Septoplasty waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Septoplasty, nationally and by state.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for Septoplasty 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.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 320 days marks the national median.

Septoplasty in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Septoplasty by financial year, Australia and the states with the shortest mediansdays01252503755002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Australia 320WA 211TAS 271VIC 279
  • Australia
  • WA
  • TAS
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Median wait in days for Septoplasty, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustralia (days)WA (days)TAS (days)VIC (days)
2011–1216099200101
2012–13197124272129
2013–14221139not published138
2014–15214183not published131
2015–16209173383123
2016–17209161not published89
2017–18248198not published112
2018–19241205not published125
2019–20277224not published137
2020–21330308371264
2021–22315216not published196
2022–23365288229449
2023–24332238230377
2024–25320211271279

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.