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South Australia · Postcode 5434

Leigh Creek solar & clean energy data

125 solar installations registered with the Clean Energy Regulator · ranked bottom 50% in South Australia · data current as at 2026-04-03

Leigh Creek
Ranked bottom 50% for solar uptake in South Australia
#263
in South Australia
125
Total solar installs
9
Installed last 12 months
+0%
12-month growth
Monthly solar installations · past 12 months
12 months agoThis month
8
Home batteries
6.4%
Of solar homes have battery
Cheaper Home Batteries Program · from Jul 2025
565
tonnes CO₂/yr
Estimated annual carbon avoided by Leigh Creek's 125 solar systems combined — equivalent to taking 269 cars off the road.
Community total, not per household. Estimated from avg 9kW system size × SA grid emissions factor.
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125
#263 state
you
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South Australia grid · community impact

Based on last week's South Australia grid mix (avg 370 gCO₂/kWh), Leigh Creek's 125 solar systems typically avoid around 0.35 tonnes of CO₂ every hour during peak generation.

Grid intensity data: Open Electricity (openelectricity.org.au) · 7-day average · updates monthly

Leigh Creek ranks 263rd in South Australia out of 347 postcodes in the Clean Energy Regulator dataset, with 125 registered systems to date. 9 new systems were added in the past 12 months, with growth of 0% on the previous year — typical of a maturing market where most interested households have already installed.

Leigh Creek's solar systems avoid an estimated 565 tonnes of CO₂ per year, equivalent to 269 fewer cars on the road annually. This is estimated using South Australia's average grid emissions intensity of 370 gCO₂/kWh, sourced from OpenElectricity, applied to an average system size of 9kW.

Monthly solar installations · Leigh Creek
9 installs · May – Apr
2
1
6
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