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brighton east
Victoria · Census 2021
$2.17M
-2.5% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Brighton East is a leafy residential suburb of Bayside (Vic.).
Median house price
People
Population
16,757
Median age
45 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,036
Household income / wk
$2,544
Housing
Median rent / wk
$600
Mortgage / month
$3,300
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 39%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 2%
- No religion
- 39%
- Born overseas
- 31%
- English only at home
- 78%
Local amenities
Amenity score
41/100
Schools
6
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
10
Libraries
1
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
4
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
1.5 km
Nearest train
1.8 km
Nearest hospital
1.3 km
Distance to coast
2.5 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
2
Catholic
1
Independent
2
Primary
4
Secondary
3
Nearest secondary
0.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Bayside (Vic.)
- Council population
- 101,874
- Council area
- 37 km²
- Density
- 2,739/km²
- Federal grants
- $3.48M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $34/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,086
- Operating result
- +7.7%
- Asset renewal
- 122%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Goldstein
- Federal MP
- Tim Wilson (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 54% 2PP
- State electorate
- Brighton
- State MP
- James Newbury (LIB)
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