Solar and batteries in Victoria Park: what the local data shows

Where Victoria Park is

Victoria Park is 4 km south-east of the Perth CBD. Postcode 6100 covers Victoria Park, Burswood and Lathlain: about 6,920 occupied homes and 15,816 people at the 2021 Census. Belmont next door has more batteries for its size (52 per 1,000 homes against 35 here).

What stands out in Victoria Park

• 43% of homes are separate houses (78% across Perth), so more homes share a roof or need strata approval.
• 21 new solar systems per 1,000 homes in the last 12 months, about half the Perth rate: fewer roofs are still getting their first system.
• 35 home batteries for every 1,000 homes since Jul 2025, about half the Perth rate.
• 48% of homes are rented, more than the 27% across Perth.

Batteries in Victoria Park since the federal rebate began

241 batteries went in across the postcode from July 2025 to 31 August 2026, averaging 19.3 kWh (smaller than the Perth average of 21.8 kWh). Installs went from 5 in July 2025 to a high of 26 in October 2025, 6 months before Perth's busiest month (April 2026). Its share of Perth's new batteries eased from 0.6% in the second half of 2025 to 0.5% in 2026, as other suburbs caught up.

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

Victoria Park's solar story since 2001

124 systems went in before 2011. The busiest year was 2020 (182), in the second wave of rooftop solar, and the quietest since 2011 was 2013. 2025 brought 130, 71% of that peak. Systems grew from an average of 2.2 kW in 2011 to 9.4 kW in the last 12 months.

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

Victoria Park beside its neighbours

• Carlisle, 2 km east: more batteries for its size, more new solar in the past year, more separate houses and fewer renters, with batteries of a similar size.
• South Perth, 3 km west: less new solar in the past year and fewer renters, with about as many batteries for its size.
• Belmont, 4 km north-east: more batteries for its size, bigger batteries, more new solar in the past year, more separate houses and fewer renters.
• Como, 4 km south-west: 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 9.4 kW system makes about 16,000 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 Victoria Park

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Nearby: Carlisle · South Perth · Belmont · Como · every suburb · Perth guide