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Sale VIC 3850

9,805 addresses · 313 streets

Gippsland Electorate › Wellington LGA › Sale · 188 km from Melbourne

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Living Here

A regional centre in eastern Victoria's Gippsland serving farming and offshore energy industries, Sale is settled and affordable. Households average 2.3 people and the median age is 42. Median household income is $1,327 a week, with rent around $280.

Sale is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 14,296 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,327 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 65% of households own their home and 33% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area. The median house sells for about $485,000.

14,296Population
42Median age
$1,327Median household income / wk
$280Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Sale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sale itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Bus interchange: Littles Gippsland Coaches, 1.3 km east · Airport: West Sale Airport, 9.5 km west.

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Sport & Recreation

16 facilities recorded in Sale, the first 10 below.

Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs5/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Median Sale Prices

$485,000House · 2024
$327,000Unit · 2024

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 8.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Sale

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Sale VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20208.2%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202114.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.1% · Labour-force participation 55.1%

Population by age in Sale
Population by age, Sale VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-4842
5-141,739
15-19794
20-24752
25-341,798
35-441,658
45-541,741
55-641,749
65-741,705
75-841,061
85+462
Dwelling types in Sale
Dwelling types, Sale VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House4,892
Townhouse445
Apartment396
Other35
Households by weekly income in Sale
Households by weekly income, Sale VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$6501,220
$650-1,4991,783
$1,500-2,9991,533
$3,000+847
Top ancestries in Sale
Top ancestries, Sale VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Australian6,021
English5,847
Irish1,664
Scottish1,571
Ancestry NS940
Other869
Housing tenure in Sale
Housing tenure, Sale VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned2,046
Mortgage1,685
Rented1,898
Other69
Cars per household in Sale
Cars per household, Sale VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0416
12,290
22,124
3579
4+282
Commute to work in Sale
Commute to work, Sale VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car4,319
Train3
Bus11
Tram/ferry0
Walked285
Bicycle89
Home570
Top countries of birth in Sale
Top countries of birth, Sale VIC (ABS Census 2021)
England402
India151
New Zealand139
Philippines103
Netherlands80
South Africa66
Languages used at home in Sale
Languages used at home, Sale VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin77
Vietnamese58
Punjabi56
Malayalam39
Afrikaans38
Italian38

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

40,761 bird observations recorded near Sale — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Sale

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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