Ambulance response times to emergency cases in Maribyrnong have improved by almost 90 seconds on average according to the latest quarterly data released on Thursday.
From April 1 to June 30, 2025 Ambulance Victoria (AV) paramedics responded to Code 1 cases in Maribyrnong at an average time of 14 minutes and 26 seconds.
The result was not only well below the 15 minute target time for Code 1 cases requiring lights and sirens, but was 86 seconds better than the 15 minutes and 52 second average achieved in the same quarter in 2024.
The percentage of Code-1 cases responded to within the 15 minute target time also improved, with 69 per cent in the year to June 30, compared to 63 per cent 12 months earlier.
However, improvements did come from a lower case load, with 1173 Code-1 call-outs to Maribyrnong for the quarter, down from 1312 a year earlier.
Hobson Bay experience more marginal improvements, with an average Code-1 response time of 16 minutes and six seconds for the quarter, a four second drop from the 16 minutes and 10 seconds to June 30, 2024.
Despite the improvement, average response times remained more than a minute slower than the target time for Code-1 cases, however the percentage of responses within 15 minutes rose to 60 per cent from 58 per cent.
As with Maribyrnong, the results were achieved from a smaller case load, with 1297 call-outs compared to 1443 in 2024.
The improvements were reflected statewide, with an average Code-1 response time of 15 minutes and 27 seconds for the quarter, 10 seconds quicker than at the same point a year earlier, though still outside the 15 minute target time.
The percentage arriving within 15 minutes rose marginally from 64 to 65 per cent, but like the inner west, came from fewer cases as AV acting executive director Regional Operations Michael Georgiou explained.
“April to June last year was AV’s busiest three months on record – with 102,419 Code 1 emergencies,” Mr Georgiou said.
“Across the same period this year, we’ve responded to 98,874 Code 1 cases.“
