Declared Public Hospitals

Abstract This feature layer describes the location of Australia's declared public hospitals at May 2026. Note, the list of hospitals included in this spatial layer is not identical to the list of public hospitals reported in the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)'s online Hospital Resources data tables for the relevant financial year, although there is a considerable overlap between the two data sources (as of October 2025, the most recent financial year reported by the AIHW is 2023-24: [https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/ac3ddea8-a142-461c-a780-a2341d93fd49/Hospital-resources-tables-2023-24.xlsx]). The main differences between the department's and the AIHW's list of public hospitals are: • The AIHW version, for the relevant time-period, refers to facilities identified as hospitals in data provided by state and territory health authorities for the Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments National minimum data set (LHN/PHE NMDS). It includes a combination of declared and undeclared facilities. Further information about what a hospital is, under this definition, is available at [https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/268971]. • The department version, for the relevant time-period, refers to facilities the Minister for Health and Aged Care has declared to be a hospital for health insurance business. Further information about what a declared hospital is can be found at: [https://www.health.gov.au/topics/hospital-care/our-role/hospital-declarations]. • Based on current data, the AIHW version refers to hospitals operating during 2023-24 whereas the department version refers to hospitals operating as at October 2025. • The AIHW version includes several hospitals that are no longer operational and similarly, the department version includes a small number of additional hospitals that commenced operations after the conclusion of the 2023-24 financial year. • The AIHW version (for 2023-24) of public hospitals includes three declared private hospitals that are included in the Department's list (and spatial layer) of declared private hospitals: Joondalup Health Campus (WA), St John of God Midland (WA) and Northern Beaches hospital (NSW). Currency Date modified: May 2026 Modification frequency: Monthly Data Extent Spatial Extent West: 96.82° South: -43.74° East: 167.99° North: -9.14° Source Information Australian Department of Health, Disability and Ageing: [Geospatial Data Hub] Lineage Statement List of declared public hospitals was originally obtained from the Commonwealth’s list of declared hospitals. Location details were added in the source dataset and public hospitals selected where the hospital type is "PUBLIC". Addresses were geocoded by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. Data Dictionary ──────────────┬──────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────── Attribute Name│Field Type │Description ──────────────┼──────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────── OBJECTID │Unique Identifier │Automatically generated system ID. ──────────────┼──────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────── Hospital Name │Name or Title │Name of the hospital. ──────────────┼──────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────── Hospital Type │Type or Category │Type of hospital. ──────────────┼──────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────── Address Line │Name or Title │Street address of the hospital. ──────────────┼──────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────── Suburb │Location or Place Name│Suburb of the hospital. ──────────────┼──────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────── State │Location or Place Name│State abbreviation of the hospital. ──────────────┼──────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────── Postcode │Location or Place Name│Postcode of the hospital. ──────────────┴──────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────── Contact Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, [CASEMIX.QUERIES@health.gov.au]