Working directory demonstration
Australian hospital buildings
Follow a hospital project from the first public promise to the final reported outcome, with the original evidence kept in view.
This working demonstration covers 812 published projects across ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC and WA. Coverage is partial in every jurisdiction.
National context
The opportunity is national. Coverage is not.
These are AIHW health-system figures, not directory coverage figures.
- Public hospitals2023–24
- 704
- Available public hospital beds2023–24
- 67,300
- Public hospital beds per 1,000 people2023–24
- 2.5
Source and location
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Public hospital beds
2023–24 national figures
In 2023–24, Australia had 704 public hospitals and 67,300 available public hospital beds.
Open original source: Public hospital bedsCoverage by jurisdiction
A visible boundary for the working demonstration
- ACTAustralian Capital TerritoryOfficial documents machine-read; human review pending27 projects represented
- NSWNew South WalesOfficial documents machine-read; human review pending209 projects represented
- NTNorthern TerritoryOfficial documents machine-read; human review pending36 projects represented
- QLDQueenslandIncludes tested machine-readable official imports181 projects represented
- SASouth AustraliaOfficial documents machine-read; human review pending69 projects represented
- TASTasmaniaOfficial documents machine-read; human review pending46 projects represented
- VICVictoriaIncludes tested machine-readable official imports173 projects represented
- WAWestern AustraliaOfficial documents machine-read; human review pending71 projects represented
Start with the evidence
812 published project records, each linked to its sources.