Solar and batteries in Bassendean: what the local data shows

Where Bassendean is

Bassendean is 9 km north-east of the Perth CBD. Postcode 6054 covers Bassendean, Ashfield, Eden Hill, Kiara and Lockridge: about 8,317 occupied homes and 21,029 people at the 2021 Census. Guildford next door has more batteries for its size (146 per 1,000 homes against 48 here).

What stands out in Bassendean

• 48 home batteries for every 1,000 homes since Jul 2025, 26% below the Perth rate.
• 34 new solar systems per 1,000 homes in the last 12 months, 19% below the Perth rate: fewer roofs are still getting their first system.
• Smaller households: 2.4 people on average (2.6 across Perth), so evening use is usually lower.
• Smaller batteries than most of Perth: 19.7 kWh on average, against 21.8 kWh.

Batteries in Bassendean since the federal rebate began

402 batteries went in across the postcode from July 2025 to 31 August 2026, averaging 19.7 kWh (smaller than the Perth average of 21.8 kWh). Installs went from 15 in July 2025 to a high of 42 in July 2026, 3 months after Perth's busiest month (April 2026). About 0.8% of Perth's new batteries go in here, much the same as when the rebate began.

Batteries a month, Jul 2025 to Aug 2026. August 2026 is still being registered, so it reads low.

Bassendean's solar story since 2001

346 systems went in before 2011. Then came 2011, the postcode's busiest year (405), during the first rush of rooftop solar; the quietest since was 2015. 2025 brought 219, 54% of that peak. Systems grew from an average of 2 kW in 2011 to 9.3 kW in the last 12 months.

Solar systems a year from 2011 (2026 to 31 August 2026); counts include replacements and small businesses.

Bassendean beside its neighbours

• Bayswater, 3 km west: much the same on every figure below.
• Guildford, 3 km east: more batteries for its size, bigger batteries, more new solar in the past year, more separate houses and fewer renters.
• Morley, 3 km north-west: bigger batteries, with about as many batteries for its size.
• Beechboro, 4 km north: more batteries for its size, bigger batteries, more new solar in the past year, more separate houses and fewer renters.

Prices, rebates and solar output

Each kW of panels here makes about 1,700 kWh a year, so a 9.3 kW system makes about 15,650 kWh. In STC zone 3, the federal rebates come to about $1,665 on 6.6 kW of solar and $3,663 on a 15 kWh battery (the battery rebate steps down on 1 January 2027). Prices follow the installer, not the suburb: Perth prices · WA rebates.

Getting a price in Bassendean

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Nearby: Bayswater · Guildford · Morley · Beechboro · every suburb · Perth guide