Who lives here
17,909
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age36
- Aged 65+15.3%
- Under 2525.5%
- Median household income$1,878/wk
- Median rent$395/wk
Glen Eira, Victoria
The inner suburb that looks like one shopping strip and isn't.
Carnegie sits inside Glen Eira, on the train line into the city, with Koornang Road doing the work other suburbs give to a mall. The council's economy runs on advice rather than production: professional, scientific and technical services leads Glen Eira by business count at 3,241, and rental, hiring and real estate follows at 2,778, the agents and property managers who work the surrounding streets. Household income here runs to $1,878 a week, comfortable rather than exceptional, and the median age is 36, a working population settled in rather than passing through.
You would expect a suburb this size to run on one strip of shops and not much else. It does not: an estimated 2,060 businesses trade within Carnegie itself, closer to a satellite CBD than a shopping strip, and Koornang Road is only the visible slice of it. Health care and social assistance is the fourth-largest sector across Glen Eira by business count, 1,817 firms, and locally that shows up as the psychologists, physios and allied health clinics behind the shops. With 25.5% of the suburb under 25 and incomes well above the outer suburbs, a dentist, a hairdresser, an accountant or a Vietnamese restaurant here is competing for a young, connected, comparison-shopping crowd rather than one that just walks in. A well-built website with proper local SEO wins that comparison before the customer leaves the house.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Carnegie market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Carnegie itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Glen Eira area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~2,060
businesses in Carnegie (estimated*)
- Glen Eira total17,321
- Solo / non-employing12,440
- 1–4 staff3,615
- 5–19 staff1,015
- 20+ staff251
93% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Glen Eira (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services3,241
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Rental, hiring & real estate2,778
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Construction1,899
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Health care & social assistance1,817
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Financial & insurance services1,219
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Retail trade1,177
*Suburb business estimate: LGA business count (ABS CABEE, Data by Region) apportioned by the suburb's share of the LGA population at the 2021 Census; rounded to the nearest 10. Sources: ABS Census 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), ABS Data by Region. Refreshed 2026-08-29.
Typical projects
What Carnegie businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Service Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
For a builder, electrician or plumber working the renovations along Carnegie's side streets: a mobile-first site that turns a phone search into a quote request.
- Quote request form
- Service area pages
- Mobile-first booking
- Before/after gallery
Clinic Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For a psychologist, physio or allied health clinic near Koornang Road: online booking, practitioner profiles and intake forms that cut down phone tag.
- Online booking calendar
- Practitioner profile pages
- Digital intake forms
- Google Maps & directions
Shopfront & Menu Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For a cafe, restaurant or retailer on Koornang Road: a menu, trading hours and photos that answer the two questions a phone search actually asks.
- Menu or product pages
- Trading hours & location
- Photo gallery
- Online ordering link
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Why FindDevs in Carnegie
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Carnegie the problem isn't finding someone who says they build websites. It's telling who's actually good. We vet so you don't have to, then hand you three written quotes from developers matched to your exact brief, in 24 hours.
All Australian. All vetted.
Every developer holds an ABN, works Australian hours, and passed our vetting: portfolio, communication, and references from Aussie clients. 12% acceptance rate. No offshore hand-offs.
Built for Carnegie's actual customers.
The median age in Carnegie is 36. Your customers find everything on their phones, usually in a spare minute. We match developers who build mobile-first, fast-loading pages that turn that search into a call or a booking.
Free, with a safety net.
The service costs you nothing. Developers cover our fee from their winning quote, never inflated into your price. And if a matched developer drops the ball mid-project, we step in. Service Guarantee, always.
FAQ
Carnegie questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or service site for a builder or electrician runs $3,000 - $8,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. A cafe, restaurant or retail site on Koornang Road runs $3,500 - $9,500 over 3-5 weeks. A clinic that needs online booking and intake forms runs $4,500 - $12,000 over 4-6 weeks. You get three fixed-price quotes from vetted developers before you commit to any of it.
FindDevs matches your brief to three vetted Australian developers and returns fixed-price quotes within 24 hours. You compare the three side by side, including price, timeframe and what each developer would actually build, before you talk to anyone. There is no obligation to proceed, and no call required just to see what a proper website would cost for your business.
They are vetted Australian developers matched to your brief rather than a local office or a fixed team. What matters more than postcode familiarity is that they build for how Carnegie customers actually search: on a phone, comparing two or three options in a suburb with plenty of competition on Koornang Road and around it. You brief the job and get matched to whoever fits it best.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Carnegie businesses like any other. No hourly rates, no discovery call before you can see a number.
Starter Business Website
$1,990
1–2 weeks
A sharp five-page website that makes a small business look established, live in a fortnight.
See what's includedProfessional Business Website
$4,950
2–4 weeks
The full small-business build: 8–12 pages, booking or quoting flows, and local SEO that actually ranks.
See what's includedLocal SEO Build-Out
$2,950
2 weeks
The ranking machine bolted onto your existing site: service pages, suburb pages, schema and reviews, done properly once.
See what's includedWebsite Care Plan
$190
Ongoing monthly
Hosting, updates, backups, security and monthly changes, all handled, so your site stays fast and safe without you thinking about it.
See what's included
Your industry
Developers who have built for your trade before.
The biggest employers around Carnegie, by registered businesses in Glen Eira. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
3,241
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
2,778
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
1,899
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
1,817
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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