Solar and batteries in Yokine: what the local data shows

Where Yokine is

Yokine is 6 km north of the Perth CBD. Postcode 6060 covers Yokine, Dog Swamp, Joondanna and Tuart Hill: about 11,535 occupied homes and 25,486 people at the 2021 Census. Dianella next door has more batteries for its size (52 per 1,000 homes against 32 here).

What stands out in Yokine

• 37% of homes are separate houses (78% across Perth), so more homes share a roof or need strata approval.
• 19 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.
• 32 home batteries for every 1,000 homes since Jul 2025, about half the Perth rate.
• 42% of homes are rented, more than the 27% across Perth.

Batteries in Yokine since the federal rebate began

371 batteries went in across the postcode from July 2025 to 31 August 2026, averaging 20.2 kWh (smaller than the Perth average of 21.8 kWh). Installs went from 18 in July 2025 to a high of 39 in March 2026, 1 month before 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.

Yokine's solar story since 2001

152 systems went in before 2011. The busiest year was 2021 (312), in the second wave of rooftop solar, and the quietest since 2011 was 2014. 2025 brought 172, 55% of that peak. 44% of its 3,068 systems went in from 2021, against 40% across Perth, so much of the postcode's solar is already sized for a battery. Systems grew from an average of 2.1 kW in 2011 to 8.9 kW in the last 12 months.

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

Yokine beside its neighbours

• Mount Hawthorn, 2 km south-west: more batteries for its size, more new solar in the past year, more separate houses and fewer renters, with batteries of a similar size.
• Dianella, 3 km north-east: more batteries for its size, bigger batteries, more new solar in the past year, more separate houses and fewer renters.
• Inglewood, 4 km south-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.
• Mount Lawley, 4 km south-east: 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 an 8.9 kW system makes about 14,950 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 Yokine

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Nearby: Mount Hawthorn · Dianella · Inglewood · Mount Lawley · every suburb · Perth guide