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* 1 x unit = entire system installed at a home or business.

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.

Data

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ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATIONS

STATE / TERRITORY	per 100k	TOTAL UNITS	NET
Qld	20,653	1,098,910	4,105
NSW	13,131	1,072,333	4,035
Vic	12,136	804,655	1,572
WA	19,057	531,974	1,708
SA	23,330	424,868	1,090
Tas	10,457	59,713	263
ACT	10,776	49,233	139
NT	9,681	24,226	24
Australia	15,630	4,065,912	12,936

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 13-03-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

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ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATIONS

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 13-03-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

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Rooftop Solar Installations by State

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 13-03-25 |

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

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SOLAR WATER HEATERS

STATE / TERRITORY	per 100k	TOTAL UNITS	NET
Vic	5,876	389,606	95
Qld	4,350	231,430	126
NSW	2,775	226,617	55
WA	6,840	190,938	189
SA	2,674	48,689	12
NT	8,890	22,246	25
ACT	2,036	9,303	1
Tas	1,340	7,654	2
Australia	4,330	1,126,484	505

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 13-03-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

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SOLAR WATER HEATERS

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 13-03-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

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Water Heater Installations by State

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 13-03-25 |

Installations by Postcode

Rooftop Solar

Aus, Postcode

RANK	POSTCODE	per 10k	TOTAL UNITS
1	5581	6,514	370
2	5320	6,237	436
3	3221	6,142	492
4	5583	5,847	490
5	5582	5,605	338
6	2879	5,511	318
7	5575	5,379	1,286
8	5204	5,339	1,801
9	5120	5,184	1,482
10	5117	5,172	2,095

Solar Water Heaters

Aus, Postcode

RANK	POSTCODE	per 10k	TOTAL UNITS
1	3335	8,789	5,445
2	4709	4,686	343
3	3221	4,107	329
4	3217	2,993	6,135
5	3978	2,861	12,359
6	3753	2,835	1,316
7	6502	2,801	342
8	3427	2,582	1,464
9	4428	2,552	160
10	6041	2,549	407

Installations by LGA

Rooftop Solar

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Top 10 LGAs

LGA	per 10k	TOTAL UNITS	RANK
Yorke Peninsula	4,411	5,311	1
Yankalilla	4,267	2,603	2
Queenscliffe	4,154	1,345	3
Orroroo Carrieton	4,117	366	4
Barunga West	4,060	1,088	5
Streaky Bay	3,929	895	6
Central Darling	3,916	688	7
Victor Harbor	3,766	6,353	8
Broken Hill	3,706	6,531	9
Mid Murray	3,647	3,463	10

Full List

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 13-03-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

Solar Water Heaters

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Top 10 LGAs

LGA	per 10k	TOTAL UNITS	RANK
Carnarvon	2,325	1,285	1
Waroona	2,192	977	2
Gingin	2,047	1,241	3
Irwin	1,887	725	4
Donnybrook-Balingup	1,816	1,169	5
Corrigin	1,778	183	6
Dalwallinu	1,680	243	7
York	1,610	580	8
Quairading	1,603	156	9
Murray	1,518	3,010	10

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Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 13-03-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

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