Queensland is leading the nation in the uptake of new solar panels, with 25 Queensland suburbs and towns now recording at least half their households with rooftop solar.

The latest report from the Climate Council, released on Wednesday, showed Moreton Bay and Logan City council areas in particular are leading the uptake, with the Moreton Bay suburb of Elimbah seeing 70 per cent of households with rooftop solar installed.

The Logan suburb of Jimboomba wan’t far behind, with a little over 60 per cent of homes now having solar panels.

Queensland leads the nation in home solar panel uptake. Credit:iStockphoto

The Climate Council’s CEO Amanda McKenzie said it was not surprising to see homes in the “mortgage belt” of south-east Queensland strongly supporting solar power.