South Australia · Postcode 5580

Yorketown solar & clean energy data

159 solar installations registered with the Clean Energy Regulator · ranked bottom 50% in South Australia · data current as at 2026-08-15

Yorketown
Ranked bottom 50% for solar uptake in South Australia
#250
in South Australia
159
Total solar installs
11
Installed last 12 months
+38%
12-month growth
Monthly solar installations · past 12 months
12 months agoThis month
22
Home batteries
13.8%
Of solar homes have battery
Cheaper Home Batteries Program · from Jul 2025
719
tonnes CO₂/yr
Estimated annual carbon avoided by Yorketown's 159 solar systems combined — equivalent to taking 342 cars off the road.
Community total, not per household. Estimated from avg 9kW system size × SA grid emissions factor.
Compared to neighbouring postcodes
5580
159
#250 state
you
5581
395
#198 state
Yorketown
5582
370
#201 state
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5583
518
#177 state
Yorketown
5577
254
#221 state
Warooka
5576
420
#193 state
Edithburgh
South Australia grid · community impact

Based on last week's South Australia grid mix (avg 370 gCO₂/kWh), Yorketown's 159 solar systems typically avoid around 0.45 tonnes of CO₂ every hour during peak generation.

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

Yorketown ranks 250th in South Australia out of 347 postcodes in the Clean Energy Regulator dataset, with 159 registered systems to date. Growth has been strong, with 11 new systems installed in the past 12 months — a 38% increase on the previous year, making Yorketown one of South Australia's faster-growing solar postcodes.

Yorketown's solar systems avoid an estimated 719 tonnes of CO₂ per year, equivalent to 342 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 · Yorketown
11 installs · Sep – Aug
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