Energy - Installations

Rooftop Solar Installations by State

Postcodes LGAs

Explainer

More than 3.8 million Australian homes have installed solar panels.

Queensland is the state with the most installations, but South Australia leads on a per capita basis.

Which neighbourhoods are doing the heavy lifting? Our rooftop solar tracker ranks every postcode across the country.

Where does your suburb place? Find out here.


Dataset updated monthly. Source: Clean Energy Regulator.

Data

Aus

ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATIONS

STATE / TERRITORY

per 100k

TOTAL UNITS

NET

Qld 20,164 1,072,860 4,808
NSW 12,780 1,043,707 5,130
Vic 11,804 782,615 2,167
WA 18,621 519,788 2,125
SA 22,843 415,993 1,357
Tas 10,139 57,896 288
ACT 10,521 48,071 191
NT 9,540 23,873 28
Australia 15,242 3,964,808 16,094

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 12-11-24

Trend

Aus

ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATIONS

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 12-11-24

Comparison

Aus

Rooftop Solar Installations by State

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 12-11-24

Water Heater Installations by State

Postcodes LGAs

Explainer

  • Australia tracks the number of solar water heaters and air source heat pumps installed across the country. Air source heat pumps are used for water heating by extracting heat from the air.
  • This data shows the number of water heater installations (both solar and air source) by state and territory. Click on each state to drill down by postcode.
  • Data source: Clean Energy Regulator (CER).
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Data

Aus

SOLAR WATER HEATERS

STATE / TERRITORY

per 100k

TOTAL UNITS

NET

Vic 5,812 385,347 264
Qld 4,330 230,396 205
NSW 2,766 225,894 60
WA 6,796 189,716 237
SA 2,666 48,549 16
NT 8,841 22,122 12
ACT 2,034 9,293 0
Tas 1,339 7,646 1
Australia 4,304 1,119,643 795

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 12-11-24

Trend

Aus

SOLAR WATER HEATERS

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 12-11-24

Comparison

Aus

Water Heater Installations by State

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 12-11-24

Installations by Postcode

Rooftop Solar

Aus, Postcode

Top 10 Postcodes

POSTCODE

per 10k

TOTAL UNITS

NET

RANK

5581 6,320 359 1 1
3221 6,117 490 0 2
5320 6,066 424 3 3
5583 5,704 478 0 4
5582 5,539 334 0 5
2879 5,355 309 0 6
5575 5,291 1,265 3 7
5204 5,239 1,767 9 8
5222 4,971 337 0 9
5570 4,925 294 1 10

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 12-11-24

Solar Water Heaters

Aus, Postcode

Top 10 Postcodes

POSTCODE

per 10k

TOTAL UNITS

NET

RANK

3335 8,612 5,335 4 1
4709 4,686 343 0 2
3221 4,107 329 0 3
3217 2,928 6,002 6 4
6502 2,801 342 1 5
3978 2,772 11,974 14 6
3753 2,736 1,270 4 7
4428 2,552 160 0 8
6041 2,549 407 0 9
3427 2,519 1,428 5 10

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 12-11-24

Installations by LGA

Rooftop Solar

Aus, Lga

Top 10 LGAs

LGA

per 10k

TOTAL UNITS

NET

RANK

Etheridge 25,138 1,825 16 1
Unincorporated SA 17,476 5,269 21 2
Shark Bay 13,605 1,536 5 3
Charters Towers 12,137 14,580 74 4
Central Highlands (Tas.) 10,948 2,841 17 5
Greater Hume 7,966 9,117 36 6
Cabonne 7,380 10,243 46 7
Snowy Valleys 7,105 10,611 54 8
Towong 6,928 4,325 8 9
Light 6,455 10,726 40 10

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 12-11-24

Solar Water Heaters

Aus, Lga

Top 10 LGAs

LGA

per 10k

TOTAL UNITS

NET

RANK

Etheridge 10,399 755 0 1
Shark Bay 8,158 921 0 2
Towong 3,263 2,037 2 3
Unincorporated SA 2,561 772 0 4
Surf Coast 2,500 9,822 7 5
Carnarvon 2,306 1,275 0 6
Waroona 2,181 972 1 7
Litchfield 2,161 5,059 3 8
Gingin 2,037 1,235 1 9
Gnowangerup 2,033 258 0 10

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 12-11-24

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