Sale vs Wurruk
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 Wurruk, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Sale: a median of $544,000, against $470,000 in Wurruk, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Sale tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Wurruk 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
Sale
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (13 vs 0)
- has more childcare (14 vs 1)
- has more schools inside the suburb (12 vs 1)
- But Wurruk is already more of a family suburb (68% vs 49%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Wurruk
ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here
- has cheaper land ($530,000 vs $640,000)
- has cheaper houses ($470,000 vs $543,750)
- has cheaper units ($299,000 vs $335,000)
Weighs house prices, unit 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 21%)
- Wurruk has cheaper rent ($250/wk vs $280/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Wurruk
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (153 min vs 159 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (210.7 km vs 215.5 km)
- But Sale is more walkable (86/100 vs 5/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Sale
ahead on 4 of the 5 things we measure here
- is more walkable (86/100 vs 5/100)
- has more units and townhouses to downsize into (16% vs 1%)
- has more GPs (5 vs 0)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Sale and Wurruk 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 1,177); Wurruk has higher household incomes ($77,740 vs $69,004).
| Sale | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 14,296 +92% vs other | 1,177 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +4.6% | +5.8% |
| Median age | 42 | 41 |
| Median household income | $69,004/yr | $77,740/yr +13% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $280/wk +11% vs other | $250/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.1%).
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 (16.3%).
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 (3.0%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Sale | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $543,750 | $470,000 |
| Median unit price | $335,000 | $299,000 |
| Median land price | $640,000 | $530,000 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 50 days from 178 sales | 153 days from 12 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 16 sales
150 vs 12 sales
Zoning mix
Sale has more rural and farming land (57% vs 25%).
| Sale | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 57% | 25% |
| Residential | 18% | 50% |
| Parks and recreation | 14% | 11% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 6% | 8% |
| Industrial | 2% | 5% |
| Commercial | 2% | 1% |
| 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 | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 209 across Wellington same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +17% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Sale | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 4.3% $530/wk on $640K | — |
| Units | 5.9% $385/wk on $337K | — |
Ranking within VIC
| Sale | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 15% of VIC | — |
| Income | Higher than 31% of VIC | Higher than 45% of VIC |
| Schools | Higher than 54% of VIC | — |
| Walkability | Higher than 95% of VIC | Higher than 67% of VIC |
| Affordability | Higher than 78% of VIC | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 45% of VIC same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 78% of VIC | Higher than 76% 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 5); Sale scores higher overall (38 vs 22).
| Sale | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | D |
| Score | 38/100 | 22/100 |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
| Sale | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | High 90/100 | High 82/100 |
| Flood | High 92/100 | High 89/100 |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | High 91/100 | None 0/100 |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 1 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Sale | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Wurruk
- Wurruk Primary School Government · Primary above peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Sale | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 7 | 0 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 31 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 13 | 0 |
| 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 | 2 |
Mobility
Sale sits further from the CBD (215.5 km vs 210.7 km).
| Sale | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 86/100 | 5/100 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 215.5 km +2% vs other | 210.7 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 159 min | 153 min |
| Public transport score | 75/100 Rail | 28/100 |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 49.8 7-9am + 5-7pm | 5.0 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 1 min scheduled, not actual same for both | |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.5% postcode 3850 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 33 postcode 3850 same for both | |
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 (79.9%).
Setting
| Sale | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 13 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 23 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 29.0 km | 31.2 km |
NBN connectivity
| Sale | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 69/100 | 63/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 45% 7,988 premises | 38% 512 premises |
Climate
| Sale | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,960/yr same for both | |
| Council | Wellington same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Sale | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Gippsland same for both | |
| Member | Darren Chester same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Sale | Wurruk | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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