minutes (median) - Source frequency: annual · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's hospital emergency wait times was 18 minutes (median) as of January 2025. Median time from arrival to treatment in public hospital emergency departments, with drill-down by state. Long wait times indicate pressure on the healthcare system and can lead to worse health outcomes. Data is sourced from AIHW MyHospitals API; AIHW Australian Hospital Statistics and updated annually.
Ranked by latest value (lower is better)
| Rank | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern TerritoryNT | 19minutes (median) |
| 2 | VictoriaVIC | 22minutes (median) |
| 3 | QueenslandQLD | 24minutes (median) |
| 4 | Western AustraliaWA | 24minutes (median) |
| 5 | New South WalesNSW | 25minutes (median) |
| 6 | Australian Capital TerritoryACT | 26minutes (median) |
| 7 | South AustraliaSA | 27minutes (median) |
| 8 | TasmaniaTAS | 30minutes (median) |
Median time from arrival to treatment in public hospital emergency departments, with drill-down by state.
Long wait times indicate pressure on the healthcare system and can lead to worse health outcomes.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (AIHW MyHospitals API; AIHW Australian Hospital Statistics), updated annually. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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