Around 2029 people per square kilometre in Croydon means the usual list is power points, lights, fans and the occasional dedicated circuit. Croydon is about 124 metres above sea level, with split-level homes common. Two levels usually means two ceiling spaces and two different cable strategies.
Being around 30 kilometres from the city, Croydon has newer wiring, so faults are less common and upgrades more so. For Croydon, Maroondah has no role in general electrical work. The standard is the wiring rules, and the proof is the certificate.
We treat Croydon, Croydon Hills and Croydon North as one working area rather than three separate postcodes. The 2021 census recorded 28608 people in Croydon, an area of roughly 14.1 square kilometres within Maroondah, postcode 3136.
For what it is worth on the day: The Post Office opened on 1 December 1883 after the railway line was established. The decade a suburb filled in tells us what to expect at the board. The suburbs we work alongside Croydon are Croydon Hills, Croydon North, Croydon South and Kilsyth, and all of them are quoted on the same basis.
It is around 7.9 kilometres north from our Boronia base to Croydon. Short runs like that are how we keep a fixed price honest instead of building travel into it. Croydon railway station is the historic centre of Croydon, and the housing around it reflects that.
Something else that shows up in the housing here: On 1 August 1884 it was renamed Croydon railway station. Adding to that: == History ==
Dating back to 1840 the land was first utilised by settlers for grazing and the first road cut through the area now known as Croydon, was initially known as Sawmill Road, as a sawmill was nearby.