Carnegie is one of the denser parts of Glen Eira at about 4,713 people per square kilometre, which means strata approvals come up more often here than anywhere else we work. At about 12 kilometres from the CBD, Carnegie homes have usually been added to more than once, and the joins are where the surprises are.
For Carnegie, Glen Eira has no role in ordinary electrical work. The standard is the wiring rules and the proof is the certificate. A job in Carnegie usually sits alongside something we already have booked in Bentleigh East or Caulfield East that week.
For scale, the 2021 census counted 17,909 people in Carnegie, across about 3.8 square kilometres of Glen Eira, postcode 3163. Bentleigh East, Caulfield East, Glen Huntly and Malvern East and Carnegie form one continuous area for us rather than a list of separate suburbs.
The run from Boronia to Carnegie is about 19.9 kilometres west. That is a normal day for us, not a special trip. Carnegie grew around Carnegie railway station, so housing age tends to step newer as you move away from the line.