Carnegie is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. The suburb's main shopping precinct is on Koornang Road, between Dandenong Road and Neerim Road.
Originally called Rosstown, after William Murray Ross, a prominent property developer and entrepreneur, a name change came about due to Ross' failed speculative developments and in 1909 it was renamed Carnegie in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to secure funds for a library from the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
Originally called Rosstown, after developer William Murray Ross one of the early pioneers of the area. The original name lives on in the name of the local hotel, and Rosstown Road. Leila Road is named after Mr Ross's wife, and Grange Road is named after Ross's estate, The Grange, which has since been subdivided and is now suburban housing estates.
In 1909 Carnegie was chosen as a new name in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to secure funds for a library from the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
In 1875 Ross began circulating a broadsheet proposal which detailed the Rosstown project, a large scale sugar beet processing mill, a railway line to serve it, and a residential estate, named after him on the edge of the metropolis between Melbourne and the town of Oakleigh. Although he began building the mill, it never began production, and the Rosstown Railway he constructed was never used.
However the estate sold well and gradually Rosstown had grown to a reasonable size aided by the opening of the railway to Melbourne in 1879.
Demographics
Carnegie according to Census 2011
The median/average age of the people in Carnegie is 35 years of age.
52.6% of people living in the suburb of Carnegie were born in Australia.
57.5% of people living in Carnegie speak English only.
St Kilda East according to Census 2011
The median/average age of the people in St Kilda East is 32 years of age.
60.8% of people living in the suburb of St Kilda East were born in Australia.
69.6% of people living in St Kilda East speak English only.
Caulfield according to Census 2011
The median/average age of the people in Caulfield is 41 years of age.
51.8% of people living in the suburb of Caulfield were born in Australia.
61.6% of people living in Caulfield speak English only.
Caulfield North according to Census 2011
The median/average age of the people in Caulfield North is 37 years of age.
58.5% of people living in the suburb of Caulfield North were born in Australia.
68.5% of people living in Caulfield North speak English only.
Elsternwick according to Census 2011
The median/average age of the people in Elsternwick is 37 years of age.
63.6% of people living in the suburb of Elsternwick were born in Australia.
71.8% of people living in Elsternwick speak English only.
Dewellings by Postcode
| Postcodes |
3183 |
3161 |
3185 |
3162 |
3163 |
| Dwellings |
9308 |
6395 |
5737 |
6916 |
13750 |
Note: Dwellings count is from the Census 2011