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Help to install solar

Merri-bek funds up to $3,000 towards solar for eligible low-income households. A household can receive one subsidy, for solar or for insulation and draught sealing. Checked 9 November 2026. The official page sets the income and property rules.

Checked 2026-11-09.

Browse every published program

These include programs for other councils. Use the official page to check an address or building. Checked 2026-11-09.

Metropolitan Melbourne

Solar rebates for rental properties

Solar Victoria guidance for rental providers and renters.

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Solar for Apartments

Solar Victoria guidance for apartment buildings and owners corporations.

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Help to install solar

Merri-bek funds up to $3,000 towards solar for eligible low-income households. A household can receive one subsidy, for solar or for insulation and draught sealing. Checked 9 November 2026. The official page sets the income and property rules.

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BooST home energy upgrades

Boroondara offers homeowners a one-off subsidy of up to $2,000 for eligible upgrades, including solar panels and home batteries, and a free home energy assessment for residents. Checked 9 November 2026. The official page sets eligibility.

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Sun Share

Stonnington offers up to $1,000 excluding GST per apartment towards shared solar on an eligible Class 2 apartment building. Checked 9 November 2026. The building must also meet Solar Victoria's apartment criteria.

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Metropolitan Sydney

Solar for Apartment Residents – Boost

Official listed suburb footprint captured on 2026-11-08. The NSW program page sets building and application eligibility.

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Smart Unit shared solar

Ku-ring-gai offers up to $4,000, half the cost, for shared solar connected to at least 8 residential units. Applications stay open until the funds are exhausted. Checked 9 November 2026. The official page sets the building rules.

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Solar for Apartment Residents

Owners corporations can apply for funding towards shared solar on eligible apartment buildings across New South Wales. A listed Boost suburb uses the Boost instead. Applications close at 5 pm on 4 December 2026, or earlier if the funds are allocated. Checked 9 November 2026. The official page sets building eligibility.

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Policy events
CER installation records · ABS 2021 Census · Postal Area approximations

Data & methodology

About the evidence

This tool brings area-level installation records together with housing data. It describes places. Individual household tenure and solar access require separate evidence.

CER installation records

Recorded solar capacity and battery installations come from postcode records. Battery coverage starts in July 2025. Recent periods are provisional as certificate claims are completed.

ABS 2021 Census

Renter and apartment shares use the 2021 Census occupied private dwelling totals in G37. Uptake measures use the published G36 private dwelling total, which includes unoccupied dwellings and excludes non-classifiable households from its occupied count. The fixed tenure pilot uses Census dwelling records linked to SRES installation records.

Geography and council estimates

Postal Areas approximate postcodes. For cross-boundary areas, council estimates allocate recorded capacity and installations by the share of 2021 Mesh Block dwellings on each side.

Interpreting the measures

Solar capacity per dwelling is an area ratio. The two automatic rules compare five nearby housing profiles using renter and apartment shares. The alternative gives apartment share twice the weight in the squared distance. Peer comparisons describe area-level associations.

Connect an external MCP client

Use Streamable HTTP at https://loots.dwaq.me/mcp. Try compare_housing_peers with a published release ID and the same area, period and rule as Compare.