Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 19-Oct-22

The latest Roy Morgan research shows that over 3.2 million Australian households (32.3% of all households) owned a Solar Energy System in the year to June 2022, up from only 1.32 million (14%) in the year to June 2018. There were big increases in ownership of Solar Energy Systems in 2019 and 2020, although growth has levelled off over the last two years as the penetration of Solar Energy Systems approached one-third of all households. On a State-by-State basis there are more households in NSW (885,000) with Solar Energy Systems than anywhere else followed by Queensland (756,000), Victoria (728,000), WA (439,000) and SA (332,000). SA and WA have the highest rates of Solar Energy System penetration – over 40% of households. The ownership rates are significantly lower in South-Eastern Australia with under a third of households in Tasmania (30.2%), Victoria (27.7%) and New South Wales (26.6%) owning Solar Energy Systems. A primary reason which explains the lower rates of households with Solar Energy Systems in NSW and Victoria is the higher density living and far higher number (and proportion) of apartments, flats, units, semi-detached terraces and townhouses.

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