--- title: People waiting and median waits in emergency departments, Queensland, live resource: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/ publisher: Queensland Health licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-10-05 rows: 40 fields: 8 source: https://www.data.qld.gov.au/datastore/dump/a5c8bddb-3ff5-442e-8cab-21729ab0390e source_sha256: 6823f61fe3c38c4f35062e4ff4b16ebcdee389dff788ebcf1b1d9a813ccc9a37 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # People waiting and median waits in emergency departments, Queensland, live The number of people waiting and the median wait at each Queensland public emergency department at the time of each daily read, from Queensland Health's live data. Published by Queensland Health under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Queensland Health has not endorsed this site. Also called: QLD ED wait times now, Queensland emergency department current wait, How long is the wait at Queensland emergency departments. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/v/2026-10-05/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/latest/data.csv (3.3 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/latest/data.xlsx (9.7 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/latest/data.json (13 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/latest/data.parquet (7.6 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/latest/data.sqlite (29 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/latest/data.ndjson (12 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/latest/data.arrow (6.5 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/latest/data.csv.gz (493 B) Pinned version 2026-10-05: `https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/v/2026-10-05/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/aggregate?group=facility_code&metric=sum.waiting Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `row_id` | integer | _id | The portal's row number. | | `facility_code` | string | FacilityCode | Kept as text to keep the leading zeros. | | `data_updated` | datetime | DataUpdatedTimestamp | In Queensland time. | | `waiting` | integer | Waiting | Empty while the publisher reports the facility closed. | | `median_wait_all_categories` | integer | MedianWaitAllCat | Empty while the publisher reports the facility closed. | | `median_wait_categories_4_5` | integer | MedianWaitCat45 | Empty while the publisher reports the facility closed. | | `data_status` | string | DataStatus | | | `data_delay_hours` | integer | FacilityDataDelayHours | Empty while the publisher reports the facility closed. | Key: `facility_code`. ## Versions - 2026-10-05: 40 rows, 8 fields, sha256 6823f61fe3c3 (0 added, 0 removed, 40 changed). https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/v/2026-10-05/ - 2026-10-04: 40 rows, 8 fields, sha256 65a17597d14b (0 added, 0 removed, 40 changed). https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/v/2026-10-04/ - 2026-10-03: 40 rows, 8 fields, sha256 1512af4fc7e6 (0 added, 0 removed, 40 changed). https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/v/2026-10-03/ - 2026-10-02: 40 rows, 8 fields, sha256 11588bd54a9e. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/v/2026-10-02/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/history.tar.zst ## Part of Emergency department live data, Queensland - [Public hospital emergency departments and minor injury clinics, Queensland, live list](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-facilities/) - [Emergency department busyness by day and hour, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-busyness/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Emergency department patients seen on time by hospital and triage category, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-ed-patients-seen-on-time/) (Cth) - [Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/) (Cth) - [Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/) (Cth) - [Public hospital locations, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-public-hospitals/) (SA) - [Private hospital locations, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-private-hospitals/) (SA) - [Ambulance Victoria response times by council area, 2018-19](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/) (Vic) - [Ambulance Victoria response times by town and city, 2017-18](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-town/) (Vic) - [Measles public exposure sites, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/) (Vic) - [Modified Monash Model 2023 remoteness by suburb and postcode, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-modified-monash-model-by-suburb/) (Cth) - [Deaths by suicide by state and age group, five-year periods, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-suicide-deaths-by-age/) (Cth) - [Deaths by suicide by state, sex and year, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-suicide-deaths-by-state/) (Cth) - [Council food safety enforcement in the processor and manufacturer sector, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-food-enforcement-processor-manufacturer/) (SA) ## Attribution and citation Queensland Health, Queensland Government, Hospital Performance, sourced 4 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/hospital-performance, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Queensland Health, Queensland Government, Hospital Performance, sourced 4 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/hospital-performance, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/v/2026-10-05/ Harvard: Queensland Health (2026) People waiting and median waits in emergency departments, Queensland, live, version 2026-10-05 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 4 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/v/2026-10-05/ Markdown: Data: [Emergency department live data, Queensland](https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/hospital-performance), Queensland Health, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 4 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/v/2026-10-05/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download People waiting and median waits in emergency departments, Queensland as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/v/2026-10-05/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open People waiting and median waits in emergency departments, Queensland in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/v/2026-10-05/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 40 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/v/2026-10-05/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is People waiting and median waits in emergency departments, Queensland updated? Queensland Health updates it continuously. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use People waiting and median waits in emergency departments, Queensland commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for People waiting and median waits in emergency departments, Queensland? No. The publisher is Queensland Health, and its page is https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/hospital-performance. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What is in each row? One emergency department or minor injury and illness clinic, by facility code, with the time the figures were taken, the number of people waiting, the median wait for all triage categories and for categories 4 and 5, the publisher's data status and the delay in hours it states for the figures. ### What unit are the median waits in? The publisher does not state one in the data. Its emergency department wait time pages show waits in minutes. A dash means no median was given, and those cells are null here with a suppressed flag. ### How often does it change? The publisher refreshes it through the day. This site reads it once a day, so each version is the figures at the time of that read. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/qld-emergency-department-waits-now.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/qld-emergency-department-waits-now.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.