Solar and batteries in Mount Lawley: what the local data shows

Where Mount Lawley is

Mount Lawley is 3 km north-east of the Perth CBD. Postcode 6050 covers Mount Lawley, Coolbinia and Menora: about 6,358 occupied homes and 15,770 people at the 2021 Census. Bayswater next door has more batteries for its size (52 per 1,000 homes against 51 here).

What stands out in Mount Lawley

• 56% of homes are separate houses (78% across Perth), so more homes share a roof or need strata approval.
• Smaller households: 2.2 people on average (2.6 across Perth), so evening use is usually lower.
• 30 new solar systems per 1,000 homes in the last 12 months, 28% below the Perth rate: fewer roofs are still getting their first system.
• Close in: 3 km from the Perth CBD.

Batteries in Mount Lawley since the federal rebate began

322 batteries went in across the postcode from July 2025 to 31 August 2026, averaging 22.2 kWh, about the Perth average. Installs went from 7 in July 2025 to a high of 41 in April 2026, the same month as Perth as a whole. About 0.7% 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.

Mount Lawley's solar story since 2001

146 systems went in before 2011. The busiest year was 2021 (211), in the second wave of rooftop solar, and the quietest since 2011 was 2013. 2025 brought 144, 68% of that peak. Systems grew from an average of 2.7 kW in 2011 to 10.5 kW in the last 12 months.

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

Mount Lawley beside its neighbours

• Inglewood, 2 km north-east: smaller batteries and more separate houses, with about as many batteries for its size.
• Mount Hawthorn, 4 km west: smaller batteries and more renters, with about as many batteries for its size.
• Yokine, 4 km north-west: fewer batteries for its size, smaller batteries, less new solar in the past year, fewer separate houses and more renters.
• Bayswater, 4 km north-east: smaller batteries, more new solar in the past year, more separate houses and fewer renters, with about as many batteries for its size.

Prices, rebates and solar output

Each kW of panels here makes about 1,700 kWh a year, so a 10.5 kW system makes about 17,600 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 Mount Lawley

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Nearby: Inglewood · Mount Hawthorn · Yokine · Bayswater · every suburb · Perth guide