Sale vs Longford
In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Sale, about half of households are people living alone. In Longford, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Longford: a median of $820,000, against $544,000 in Sale. On these figures, Sale tends to suit people living alone and buyers on a tighter budget, while Longford suits couples.
Which one suits you?
There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.
Families with school-age kids
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- Sale has more childcare (14 vs 1)
- Longford carries lower crime risk (33/100 vs 90/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Sale has cheaper houses ($543,750 vs $820,000)
- Longford has cheaper land ($552,000 vs $640,000)
Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.
Renters
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Sale has a bigger rental market to choose from (34% vs 5%)
- Longford leaves renters under less rental stress (14% vs 21%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Sale
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (86/100 vs 0/100)
- sits closer to the CBD (215.5 km vs 222 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Sale
ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (86/100 vs 0/100)
- has more GPs (5 vs 0)
- has more residents already 65 and over (22% vs 16%)
- But Longford carries lower crime risk (33/100 vs 90/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Sale
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (4.6% vs -0.5%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Sale and Longford drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.
Side by side, out of 100
Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.
Demographics
Sale has more residents (14,296 vs 1,489); Longford has higher household incomes ($105,248 vs $69,004).
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 14,296 +90% vs other | 1,489 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +4.6% | -0.5% |
| Median age | 42 | 40 |
| Median household income | $69,004/yr | $105,248/yr +53% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $280/wk +2% vs other | $274/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.4%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.8%).
Where residents were born
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.8%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $543,750 | $820,000 |
| Median unit price | $335,000 | — |
| Median land price | $640,000 | $552,000 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 50 days from 178 sales | 56 days from 15 sales |
House price by bedroom count
Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.
204 vs 6 sales
150 vs 13 sales
Zoning mix
Longford has more rural and farming land (78% vs 57%).
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 57% | 78% |
| Residential | 18% | 0% |
| Parks and recreation | 14% | 16% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 6% | 4% |
| Industrial | 2% same for both | |
| Commercial | 2% | 0% |
| Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09. | ||
Development activity
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 209 across Wellington same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +17% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 4.3% $530/wk on $640K | — |
| Units | 5.9% $385/wk on $337K | — |
Ranking within VIC
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 15% of VIC | — |
| Income | Higher than 31% of VIC | Higher than 77% of VIC |
| Schools | Higher than 54% of VIC | — |
| Walkability | Higher than 95% of VIC | Higher than 51% of VIC |
| Affordability | Higher than 78% of VIC | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 45% of VIC | Higher than 33% of VIC |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 78% of VIC | Higher than 45% of VIC |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 85% of VIC | — |
| Rental yield (units) | Higher than 91% of VIC | — |
Liveability
Sale is more walkable (86 vs 0).
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C same for both | |
| Score | 38/100 same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 | advantaged area decile 7/10 |
Risk profile
Longford carries more bushfire risk (51 vs 0); Sale carries more crime risk (90 vs 33).
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | Moderate 51/100 |
| Crime | High 90/100 | Low 33/100 |
| Flood | High 92/100 | Moderate 55/100 |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | High 91/100 | None 0/100 |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 1 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 12 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 3 | 1 |
| Rated at peers | 5 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Sale
- Sale Primary School Government · Primary above peers
- St Mary's Primary School Catholic · Primary above peers
- St Thomas' School Catholic · Primary above peers
- Araluen Primary School Government · Primary at peers
- Catholic College Sale Catholic · Secondary at peers
- Gippsland Grammar Independent · Combined at peers
Schools in Longford
- Longford Primary School Government · Primary above peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 7 | 0 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 31 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 13 | 2 |
| Childcare | 14 | 1 |
| GPs | 5 | 0 |
| Pharmacies | 5 | 0 |
| Hospitals | 1 | 0 |
| Police stations | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 9 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 8 | 1 |
| EV chargers | 2 | 0 |
| Waterways | 7 | 0 |
Mobility
Longford sits further from the CBD (222 km vs 215.5 km).
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 86/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 215.5 km | 222 km +3% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 159 min | 163 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.5% postcode 3850 | 0.4% postcode 3851 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 33 postcode 3850 | 40 postcode 3851 |
How people get to work
Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (79.4%).
Setting
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 13 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 81 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 29.0 km | 18.8 km |
NBN connectivity
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 69/100 | 29/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 45% 7,988 premises | 0% 564 premises |
Climate
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 546 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 25.5°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 4.0°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,960/yr same for both | |
| Council | Wellington same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Gippsland same for both | |
| Member | Darren Chester same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Sale | Longford | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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