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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. Source: Clean Energy Regulator.

Data

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ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATIONS

STATE / TERRITORY	per 100k	TOTAL UNITS	NET
Qld	20,422	1,086,588	4,446
NSW	12,970	1,059,217	5,134
Vic	11,975	793,967	2,056
WA	18,857	526,385	2,063
SA	23,104	420,739	1,348
Tas	10,329	58,982	366
ACT	10,661	48,707	179
NT	9,629	24,095	50
Australia	15,449	4,018,685	15,642

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 28-01-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

Trend

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ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATIONS

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 28-01-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

Comparison

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Rooftop Solar Installations by State

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 28-01-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

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).

Data

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SOLAR WATER HEATERS

STATE / TERRITORY	per 100k	TOTAL UNITS	NET
Vic	5,849	387,773	161
Qld	4,341	230,984	146
NSW	2,771	226,332	56
WA	6,818	190,307	148
SA	2,670	48,627	9
NT	8,870	22,195	5
ACT	2,036	9,302	3
Tas	1,340	7,649	0
Australia	4,320	1,123,849	528

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 28-01-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

Trend

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SOLAR WATER HEATERS

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 28-01-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

Comparison

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Water Heater Installations by State

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 28-01-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

Installations by Postcode

Rooftop Solar

Aus, Postcode

POSTCODE	per 10k	TOTAL UNITS	RANK
5581	6,479	368	1
5320	6,180	432	2
3221	6,117	490	3
5583	5,776	484	4
5582	5,589	337	5
2879	5,390	311	6
5575	5,341	1,277	7
5204	5,277	1,780	8
5222	5,015	340	9
5117	5,014	2,031	10

Solar Water Heaters

Aus, Postcode

POSTCODE	per 10k	TOTAL UNITS	RANK
3335	8,715	5,399	1
4709	4,686	343	2
3221	4,107	329	3
3217	2,965	6,077	4
3978	2,821	12,188	5
6502	2,801	342	6
3753	2,798	1,299	7
4428	2,552	160	8
6041	2,549	407	9
3427	2,545	1,443	10

Installations by LGA

Rooftop Solar

Qld

Top 10 LGAs

LGA	per 10k	TOTAL UNITS	RANK
Etheridge	25,386	1,843	1
Charters Towers	12,322	14,803	2
Livingstone	4,018	16,837	3
Central Highlands	3,555	10,300	4
Gympie	3,099	17,408	5
Scenic Rim	3,088	13,972	6
Burdekin	2,833	4,822	7
Fraser Coast	2,818	33,236	8
Quilpie	2,793	198	9
Somerset	2,691	7,065	10

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 28-01-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

Solar Water Heaters

Qld

Top 10 LGAs

LGA	per 10k	TOTAL UNITS	RANK
Etheridge	10,427	757	1
Livingstone	1,546	6,478	2
Charters Towers	1,346	1,617	3
Central Highlands	1,271	3,683	4
Fraser Coast	871	10,268	5
Cook	704	335	6
Gympie	700	3,932	7
Scenic Rim	669	3,025	8
Bundaberg	646	6,732	9
Mareeba	616	1,460	10

Source: CER via OnlyFacts | Updated: 28-01-25 | License: CC BY 4.0

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