Energy - Installations

* 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.

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Aus

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.

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Aus

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

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Aus, Postcode

Top 10 Postcodes

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

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

Solar Water Heaters

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Aus, Postcode

Top 10 Postcodes

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

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

Installations by LGA

Rooftop Solar

Nsw

Top 10 LGAs

LGA

per 10k

TOTAL UNITS

RANK

Central Darling 3,893 684 1
Broken Hill 3,698 6,518 2
Bourke 3,505 829 3
Brewarrina 3,196 451 4
Narrabri 3,181 4,057 5
Walgett 3,135 1,730 6
Warrumbungle 3,060 2,824 7
Cobar 2,830 1,154 8
Coonamble 2,828 1,092 9
Byron 2,809 10,429 10

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

Solar Water Heaters

Nsw

Top 10 LGAs

LGA

per 10k

TOTAL UNITS

RANK

Lismore 1,421 6,239 1
Bellingen 1,410 1,865 2
Byron 1,399 5,194 3
Ballina 1,257 5,942 4
Port Macquarie-Hastings 1,251 11,205 5
Kempsey 1,159 3,645 6
Clarence Valley 1,124 6,219 7
Coffs Harbour 1,104 8,886 8
Richmond Valley 1,084 2,569 9
Eurobodalla 986 4,034 10

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

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