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Rooftop Solar Installations

All Postcodes

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 20,030 1,065,718 4,563
NSW 12,684 1,035,819 4,834
Vic 11,713 776,635 2,043
WA 18,503 516,502 1,641
SA 22,718 413,707 1,386
Tas 10,061 57,450 250
ACT 10,448 47,735 150
NT 9,076 22,710 29
Australia 15,132 3,936,276 14,896

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 23-10-24

Trend

AUS

ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATIONS

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 23-10-24

Comparison

AUS

Rooftop Solar Installations

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 23-10-24

Water Heater Installations

All Postcodes

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

NSW 1,640 133,893 1,815
Qld 2,240 119,183 1,234
Vic 1,442 95,591 2,328
WA 3,200 89,329 836
SA 1,661 30,240 391
NT 4,226 10,576 65
ACT 1,116 5,099 45
Tas 582 3,324 110
Australia 1,876 487,914 6,824

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 23-10-24

Trend

AUS

SOLAR WATER HEATERS

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 23-10-24

Comparison

AUS

Water Heater Installations

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 23-10-24

Installations by Postcode

Rooftop Solar

AUS, Postcode

Top 10 Postcodes

POSTCODE

per 10k

TOTAL UNITS

NET

RANK

5581 6,303 358 0 1
3221 6,117 490 1 2
5320 6,023 421 1 3
5583 5,668 475 1 4
5582 5,522 333 1 5
2879 5,338 308 0 6
5575 5,274 1,261 3 7
5204 5,203 1,755 4 8
5222 4,971 337 2 9
5570 4,908 293 1 10

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 23-10-24

Solar Water Heaters

AUS, Postcode

Top 10 Postcodes

POSTCODE

per 10k

TOTAL UNITS

NET

RANK

4709 4,262 312 0 1
3221 3,208 257 4 2
6502 1,253 153 1 3
2441 1,236 530 5 4
6501 1,205 111 2 5
6072 1,182 98 2 6
6375 1,148 101 1 7
6044 1,123 146 0 8
6041 1,108 177 0 9
0835 1,091 344 2 10

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 23-10-24

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