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Sunniest Neighbourhoods previous years
Since 2023 Solar Citizens has presented Sunniest Neighbourhood Awards, to Federal Parliamentarians to acknowledge the communities across Australia with the highest rooftop solar uptake. See our 2025 awards here.
Rooftop solar is the cheapest way to power our homes, and millions of Australians are taking full advantage of the energy bill savings. The solar households in these neighbourhoods are not only providing clean, cheap energy for themselves but also for their communities.
Using postcode data from the Clean Energy Regulator on domestic small-scale installations, we identified the top solar-producing communities in Australia:
TOP TEN SUNNIEST NEIGHBOURHOODS 2024
|
Postcode |
State |
Total Installations |
Presented to… |
On behalf of residents in the Electorate of... |
|
|
1 |
4655 |
Qld |
18426 |
The Hon Keith Pitt PM |
Hinkler |
|
2 |
3977 |
Vic |
16983 |
Cassandra Fernando MP |
Holt |
|
3 |
4551 |
Qld |
16916 |
Andrew Wallace MP |
Fisher |
|
4 |
6065 |
WA |
15970 |
Tracey Roberts MP |
Pearce |
|
5 |
3064 |
Vic |
15904 |
Maria Vamvakinou MP |
Calwell |
|
6 |
4350 |
Qld |
15834 |
Garth Hamilton MP |
Groom |
|
7 |
6112 |
WA |
15736 |
The Hon Matt Keogh MP |
Burt |
|
8 |
4740 |
Qld |
15149 |
Andrew Willcox mP |
Dawson |
|
9 |
3030 |
Vic |
14865 |
Joanne Ryan MP |
Lalor |
|
10 |
4300 |
Qld |
14620 |
The Hon Milton Dick MP |
Oxley |
In 2023, our first Sunniest Neighbourhood Awards were presented to the MPs in electorates with the five highest number of rooftop solar installations.
TOP FIVE SUNNIEST NEIGHBOURHOODS 2023
|
Postcode |
State |
Total Installations |
Presented to… |
On behalf of residents in the Electorate of... |
|
| 1 | 3029 | Vic | 18426 |
Hon Tim Watts MP Hon Brendan O'Connor MP |
Gellibrand Gorton |
| 2 | 4670 | Qld | 16983 |
Hon Keith Pitt MP Colin Boyce MP |
Hinkler Flynn |
| 3 | 4740 | Qld |
16916 |
Andrew Wilcox MP | Dawon |
| 4 | 4350 | Qld | 15970 |
Gareth Hemilton mP |
Groom |
| 5 | 4655 | Qld | 15904 |
Llew O'Brien MP |
Wide Bay |
Sunniest Neighbourhoods
Solar Citizens’ Sunniest Neighbourhood Awards acknowledge the communities across Australia with the highest rooftop solar and home battery uptake.
Rooftop solar is the cheapest way to power our homes, and millions of Australians are taking full advantage of the energy bill savings. The solar households in these neighbourhoods are not only providing clean, cheap energy for themselves but also for their communities.
In 2025 the highest number of rooftop solar installations in Australia overall and in 2025 were in postcode 3029, in the electorates of Lalor and Gorton in Victoria.
Using postcode data from the Clean Energy Regulator on domestic small-scale installations, we identified:
- the top 10 communities for Solar Installations in Australia in 2025, and the
- top 10 overall (since 2011) as well as, for the first time, the
- top 10 communities for Battery Installations.
We presented the Sunniest Neighbourhood Award Certificates to Federal Members of Parliament who represent the winning postcodes in February 2026.
TOP 10 SOLAR INSTALLATIONS IN 2025 TOP TEN SOLAR INSTALLATIONS 2011-2025
| # | Postcode | STATE | Installations (2025) | Presented to | On behalf of the community in the electorate of... | # | Postcode | State | Installations 2011 - 2025 | Presented to | On behalf of the community in the electorate of... | |
| 1 | 3029 | VIC | 2524 | Joanne Ryan MP Alice Jordan-Baird MP |
Lalor Gorton |
1 | 3029 | VIC | 25,875 | Joanne Ryan MP Alice Jordan-Baird MP |
Lalor Gorton |
|
| 2 | 3064 | VIC | 1747 | Basem Abdo MP Rob Mitchell MP The Hon Andrew Giles MP |
Calwell McEwan Scullin |
2 | 4670 | QLD | 23,759 | David Batt MP Colin Boyce MP |
Hinkler Flynn |
|
| 3 | 3978 | VIC | 1660 | Cassandra Fernando MP Jason Wood MP |
Holt LaTrobe |
3 | 4655 | QLD | 22,395 | David Batt MP | Hinkler | |
| 4 | 2765 | NSW | 1560 | The Hon Ed Husic MP Melissa McIntosh MP The Hon Michelle Rowland MP Julian Leeser MP Susan Templeman MP |
Chifley Lindsay Greenway Berowra Macquarie |
4 | 6210 | WA | 21,822 | Andrew Hastie LP | Canning | |
| 5 | 4655 | QLD | 1522 | David Batt MP | Hinkler | 5 | 4551 | QLD | 20,466 | Andrew Wallace MP | Fisher | |
| 6 | 4740 | QLD | 1374 | The Hon Michelle Landry MP Andrew Willcox MP |
Capricornia Dawson |
6 | 3977 | VIC | 19,541 | Cassandra Fernando MP Jodie Belyea MP |
Holt Dunkley |
|
| 7 | 4670 | QLD | 1321 | David Batt MP Colin Boyce MP |
Hinkler Flynn |
7 | 3064 | VIC | 19,170 | Basem Abdo MP Rob Mitchell MP The Hon Andrew Giles MP |
Calwell McEwan Scullin |
|
| 8 | 3030 | VIC | 1249 | Tim Watts MP Sam Rae MP The Hon Richard Marles MP Alice Jordan-Baird MP |
Gellibrand Hawke Corio Lalor |
8 | 4350 | QLD | 18,950 | Garth Hamilton MP | Groom | |
| 9 | 4551 | QLD | 1176 | Andrew Wallace MP | Fisher | 9 | 4740 | QLD | 18,171 | The Hon Michelle Landry MP Andrew Willcox MP |
Capricornia Dawson |
|
| 10 | 4306 | QLD | 1145 | Shayne Neumann MP | Blair | 10 | 6065 | WA | 18,156 | Tracey Roberts MP The Hon Ann Aly MP |
Pearce Cowan |
TOP 10 BATTERY INSTALLATIONS IN 2025 (July-December)
| # | Postcode | STATE | Installations (2025) | Presented to | On behalf of the community in the electorate of... |
| 1 | 2155 | NSW | 785 | Alex Hawke MP Michelle Rowland MP |
Mitchell Greenway |
| 2 | 2765 | NSW | 749 | The Hon Ed Husic MP Melissa McIntosh MP The Hon Michelle Rowland MP Julian Leeser MP Susan Templeman MP |
Chifley Lindsay Greenway Berowra Macquarie |
| 3 | 3029 | VIC | 641 | Joanne Ryan MP Alice Jordan-Baird MP |
Lalor Gorton |
| 4 | 6164 | WA | 561 | The Hon Josh Wilson MP | Fremantle |
| 5 | 6112 | WA | 538 | The Hon Matt Keogh, MP Trish Cook MP |
Burt Bullwinkel |
| 6 | 2153 | NSW | 524 | Alex Hawke MP | Mitchell |
| 7 | 3030 | VIC | 505 | Tim Watts MP Sam Rae MP The Hon Richard Marles MP Alice Jordan-Baird MP |
Gellibrand Hawke Corio Lalor |
| 8 | 6155 | WA | 499 | Sam Lim MP | Tangney |
| 9 | 3977 | VIC | 479 | Cassandra Fernando MP Jodie Belyea MP |
Holt Dunkley |
| 10 | 6065 | WA | 474 | Tracey Roberts MP The Hon Ann Aly MP |
Pearce Cowan |