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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	20,527	1,092,207	3,435
NSW	13,045	1,065,319	2,685
Vic	12,052	799,064	1,145
WA	18,956	529,143	1,679
SA	23,210	422,683	936
Tas	10,383	59,290	199
ACT	10,716	48,962	97
NT	9,654	24,157	14
Australia	15,534	4,040,830	10,190

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 19-02-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

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ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATIONS

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 19-02-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

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Rooftop Solar Installations by State

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 19-02-25 |

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	5,859	388,439	37
Qld	4,345	231,201	121
NSW	2,773	226,450	35
WA	6,829	190,633	207
SA	2,672	48,662	18
NT	8,876	22,210	7
ACT	2,036	9,302	0
Tas	1,340	7,650	1
Australia	4,326	1,125,227	426

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 19-02-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

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SOLAR WATER HEATERS

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 19-02-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

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Water Heater Installations by State

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 19-02-25 |

Installations by Postcode

Rooftop Solar

Aus, Postcode

RANK	POSTCODE	per 10k	TOTAL UNITS
1	5581	6,514	370
2	5320	6,209	434
3	3221	6,130	491
4	5583	5,800	486
5	5582	5,605	338
6	2879	5,459	315
7	5575	5,366	1,283
8	5204	5,304	1,789
9	5117	5,100	2,066
10	5222	5,074	344

Solar Water Heaters

Aus, Postcode

RANK	POSTCODE	per 10k	TOTAL UNITS
1	3335	8,743	5,416
2	4709	4,686	343
3	3221	4,107	329
4	3217	2,973	6,095
5	3978	2,831	12,232
6	3753	2,829	1,313
7	6502	2,801	342
8	3427	2,558	1,450
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	4,399	5,296	1
Yankalilla	4,241	2,587	2
Queenscliffe	4,111	1,331	3
Orroroo Carrieton	4,106	365	4
Barunga West	4,041	1,083	5
Streaky Bay	3,924	894	6
Central Darling	3,893	684	7
Victor Harbor	3,752	6,329	8
Broken Hill	3,698	6,518	9
Mid Murray	3,624	3,441	10

Full List

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 19-02-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

Solar Water Heaters

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Top 10 LGAs

LGA	per 10k	TOTAL UNITS	RANK
Carnarvon	2,321	1,283	1
Waroona	2,188	975	2
Gingin	2,045	1,240	3
Irwin	1,879	722	4
Donnybrook-Balingup	1,811	1,166	5
Corrigin	1,778	183	6
Dalwallinu	1,680	243	7
York	1,605	578	8
Quairading	1,603	156	9
Murray	1,516	3,005	10

Full List

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 19-02-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

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