Photo: The original uploader was Sprocket at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 2.5A median $276,000: what owners say homes in Lower Sackville are worth
It is the middle of what 5,880 owner households told the 2021 census. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up. In 2023, 8,470 homes changed hands at a median price of $493,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. Lower Sackville doesn’t get its own sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Halifax.
Three ways to price a home in Lower Sackville
Each source sits beside its own median for Nova Scotia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $284K
- Owners
- 5,880
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $250K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale, wider area
- Average sale
- $530K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 3.3×
- Buyers
- 8,470
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $205K
all residential
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $157K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
On the assessment roll, Halifax’s houses sit at 2.4 times Nova Scotia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 131,695 homes in Halifax: detached houses make 71% of them, condos 7%.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Nova Scotia’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
Lower Sackville’s homes: when they went up and what they are
8,360 occupied homes stood in Lower Sackville in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 57% of them. Half or more were standing by 1980. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Lower Sackville | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 8% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
Permits in Halifax ran at 24.4 homes a year per 1,000, where Nova Scotia’s towns ran at 13.5
Building permits added 26,323 homes in Halifax between 2018 and 2023: some 4,387 a year. Very few were houses: 19% in single-unit buildings (Nova Scotia’s towns: 63%). Figures for monthly permits are published for the Halifax metro area as a whole, not for Lower Sackville alone.
A peak in 2023: 5,355 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 15%: 5,538 new homes in the year to August 2026
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Lower Sackville is dearer than most of Nova Scotia’s towns: 10% above their $250,000 median
The census values of Nova Scotia’s towns, 90 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Home values around Lower Sackville
The places around Lower Sackville at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Sackville | $276K | $284K | 71% | |
| Middle Sackville | $348K | $322K | 85% | 3.8 |
| Bedford | $448K | $527K | 58% | 5.7 |
| Fall River | $448K | $496K | 91% | 6.9 |
| Beaver Bank | $348K | $338K | 94% | 7.3 |
| Hammonds Plains | $400K | $477K | 93% | 9.2 |
| Clayton Park West | $448K | $468K | 33% | 10.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Lower Sackville
Is Lower Sackville expensive for Nova Scotia?
More than most: Nova Scotia’s towns have a median of $250,000, and Lower Sackville sits above it.
How many households in Lower Sackville are in core housing need?
9% of Lower Sackville’s households, near the 8% of Nova Scotia’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Not here: individual sales sit with provincial registries and aren’t open, so the published figures are town medians and averages.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).