Brighton QLD 4017
Located in Queensland, Brighton sits 30 km from Brisbane CBD, around 32 minutes by car. The suburb has 9,664 residents, a median age of 42, and a median household income of $103,012 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. Population grew 2.0% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $400 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,993. The area shows high coastal erosion risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Of 4 schools within the suburb boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Brighton a good suburb?
Brighton scores a A (72/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community.
Mixed results
4 schools · 1 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 68/100 · 29.8 km · 32 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $1.25M
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 43/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 8/10 · median age 42 · 9,664 residents
Liveability Rating
72 / 100 · Ranked #144 in QLDEach bar is Brighton's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
72 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataBrighton's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.25 million, roughly 12% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,250,000
25% above its 4 neighbours (median $1,000,000)
Based on 232 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 27 days — median across 125 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 16 sales $932K
- 3 bed 130 sales $1.17M
- 4 bed 59 sales $1.35M
- 5 bed 22 sales $1.7M
Land
$1,025,500
Based on only 8 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Brighton are currently listed at around $1.35 million on average. Based on 25 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.35M
25 houses listed in the last 6 months.
25 of the suburb's 3,675 dwellings (0.7%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Brighton rent for around $750 a week on average, based on 34 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$750/wk
7% above its 4 neighbours (median $700/wk)
34 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$410/wk
5 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
39 rentals advertised against an estimated 761 rented homes (5.1%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $700/wk
- 18 bonds
- +48% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025104 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4017.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$750/week ($39,000 a year) on a $1.35 million median
Not enough unit sales and rentals in the window to calculate a yield.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Short-Stay Rentals
19 active Airbnb listings: 18 whole homes and 1 room. Whole homes are about 0.5% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Is Brighton safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Brighton sits in the moderate band, with 61 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 16% on the prior year.
61 offences
16.4% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202438 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 4 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 1.6 km
- Rate
- -0.77 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -15.4 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Four schools serve Brighton, and performance is broadly at peer-suburb levels with one standout. St Kieran's School leads the pack.
- • 1,112 students across 3 schools (avg 371)
- • Sectors: 2 Government, 1 Independent, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 1055-1090, median 1058 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Brighton State School (438 students)
Primary
Combined
Universities nearby
- 8.8 kmUniSC Moreton BayUniversity of the Sunshine Coast · 94 courses
- 9.6 kmAustralian Catholic University-Brisbane CampusAustralian Catholic University · 82 courses
1.6% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Brighton is somewhat walkable on foot — at 68/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Brighton.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 111.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 83.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 25.8 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 18.4 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Brighton.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 1%
- Premises covered
- 4,055
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Brisbane: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 26 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 7 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Brighton is home to about 9,700 residents, with a median age of 42, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $103,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
9,664
Median Age
42
Median Household Income
$103,012/yr
Census Median Rent
$400/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,993/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$47,320/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
5.1%
Total Dwellings
3,675
Owner-Occupier Rate
79.3%
Houses
90.0%
Rental Stress
20.2%
Mortgage Stress
23.2%
Work From Home
22.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
32 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 12 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 726 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 78.7%
- English Spoken at Home
- 92.2%
- Employment Rate
- 63.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 47.0%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
121 residents (1.3%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 9,099 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
16% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (798 of 4,914).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 1,760 people work here; 4,914 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.4 jobs per working resident. At least 64% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,519 a year through Brisbane based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Brisbane
In the year to August 2026, 9,382 new dwellings were approved across Brisbane. That mix is 2,948 houses and 6,434 units. Approvals are up 9.0% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 6 to 30 homes
- Within 2 years 1 to 5 homes
- In 10 years or more 5 to 25 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (6 parcels), by when it expects lots to be registered. Yields are published in ranges, so these are too.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Aboriginal party for this area is Turrbal People.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. No native title claim is currently registered here, so the last registered claimant remains the Aboriginal party.
Air Quality
CLEANPM2.5 averaged 4.6 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 13.4 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.74 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Deagon (South East Queensland) monitoring station, 3.8 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Archerfield Airport, 31.0 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 2 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 745 m
- 4.8 km to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 1,032 mm
- 84 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 30.5°C
- 6 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 8.9°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 4.1 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Total Phosphorus · Ammonia (total)
EV adoption
In postcode 4017, 332 of 28,023 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.1% (871 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.3%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4017, 8,828 rooftop-solar systems totalling 49.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 14,590 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 437 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$30,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
$30,000 for contracts signed on or after 20 November 2023, with no end date. IT DID NOT REVERT TO $15,000: the tier was due to end 30 June 2026 and the 2026-27 Queensland Budget (23 June 2026) continued it for contracts signed from 1 July 2026. This file carried a "due to revert" note until 2026-09-18 — it was never true, and a note predicting a change is not the same as a change. Cap is "less than $750,000" including land and contract variations — less than, not up to. New homes only: "There are no home owner grants for established homes."
Mortgage repayments
4 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 14 across postcode 4017.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Queensland Revenue Office
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $30,000 — see what qualifies with Queensland Revenue Office.
At $1,250,000 this is $500,000 above the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $30,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Queensland Revenue Office.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Anika Wells Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Anika Wells | 64.5% | 35.5% | +4.0 |
| 2022 | Anika Wells | 60.5% | 39.5% | -9.9 |
| 2019 | Anika Wells | 50.6% | 49.4% | +5.0 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Bisma Asif Australian Labor Party (State of Queensland)
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bisma Asif ALP | 59.6% |
| 2020 | Stirling Hinchliffe ALP | 67.3% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
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Common questions about Brighton
Is Brighton a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Brighton is moderate (43/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Brighton?
Brighton has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Brighton a good place to live?
Brighton has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A (72/100), ranked against other QLD suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Brighton?
Brighton, QLD had a population of 9,664 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Brighton, QLD?
The postcode for Brighton, QLD is 4017.
How far is Brighton from Brisbane?
Brighton is 30 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 32 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Brighton?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Brighton was $103,012 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Brighton?
The median advertised rent in Brighton is $750 a week for houses (34 listings) and $410 a week for units (5 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Brighton?
The median age of residents in Brighton was 42 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Brighton?
There are 4 schools inside the Brighton boundary: 1 above and 2 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Brighton walkable?
Brighton scores 68/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Brighton?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Brighton (Deagon (South East Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 4.6 µg/m³ and PM10 of 13.4 µg/m³. That puts Brighton below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Brighton?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Brighton, Archerfield Airport (31 km away), summer days average 30.5°C, winter nights 8.9°C, 1,032 mm of rain a year over 84 rainy days, and 6 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Brighton?
First-home buyers in QLD may be eligible for $30,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by Queensland Revenue Office; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Brighton belong to?
Brighton sits within the Brisbane local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Brighton?
The average residential rates bill through Brisbane is $1,519 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Brighton?
Across Brisbane, 9,382 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 9.0% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Brighton in?
Brighton sits within the federal Division of Lilley, currently held by Anika Wells (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2025–26
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2020–2024
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2024
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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