Last update: 2025-12-31
Figures are estimated based on available data.
See footnotes for details of data sources, terminology and analysis.
Residential installations: 61,265
Commercial installations: 3,556
Power stations: 39
Number of houses in LGA: 156,707
Installed residential capacity: 399,345 kW
Total installed capacity: 551,756 kW
Average annual kWh generated per kW installed: 1,340 kWh/kW
For all households with solar PV:
For a typical new solar PV system (8.6 kW), conservatively:
All solar installations:
Residential: 310,000 tonnes
Commercial: 73,000 tonnes
Power stations: 45,400 tonnes
Based on estimated annual output of 741,626 MWh and 0.578 tonnes of CO2 produced by the energy network per MWh.
Equivalent to over 132,000 cars taken off the road per year based on these calculations
| Canberra | ~39.1% |
| Australian Capital Territory | ~43.2% |
| Northern Beaches | ~32.3% |
| Lane Cove | ~32.2% |
| City of Sydney | ~10.0% |
(All time: 2001-)
(All time: 2001-)
