Major economic activities in the town are
palm oil plantations ran by individuals as well as private organizations such as
Sime Darby. This town is undergoing infrastructure development with added shops and drainage systems.
Sabak is the northernmost and westernmost town in Selangor, and is the furthest constituency from both
Shah Alam and
Kuala Lumpur. It is a 2-hour drive on
Highway 5 from downtown Kuala Lumpur.
On the national level, Sabak town is within the
Sabak Bernam electoral district, represented by Dato' Haji Mohd Fasiah bin Mohd Fakeh, from
UMNO.[2]
Sabak town, along with the entire Sabak Bernam constituency, forms the municipal area of the Sabak Bernam District Council (Majlis Daerah Sabak Bernam).
Public transportation
Sabak Bernam is inaccessible from any railway/metro service, though there is a daily bus service, known as the Sabak Bernam-Kuala Lumpur Ekspres, running seven trips a day from
Pudu Sentral ( SP8 LRT Plaza Rakyat/ SBK17 MRT Merdeka) to Sabak Bernam,
Sekinchan,
Sungai Besar and as far as
Teluk Intan.[3]