IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,145
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 10 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Victoria economy.
Housing
Brighton (vic.)
Victoria · Census 2021
$3.42M-2.8% yrmedian house · Dec 2025
An affluent Bayside suburb 11 km south of Melbourne, Brighton features iconic colorful bathing boxes on Dendy Street Beach, grand historic estates, and high-end shopping along Church Street.
Median house price
$3.42M99th pctile
of 766 priced VIC suburbs
Household income
$2,710/wk96th pctile
of 2,844 VIC suburbs
Amenity score
100/10095th pctile
of 1,338 rated VIC suburbs
Median house price
Rolling median of settled transfers, state Valuer-General open data (CC BY 4.0). Victoria average of suburb medians: $941k.
How it compares
Median house price99th percentile
<$210k766 priced suburbs$2.9M+
Household income / wk96th percentile
<$599ABS Census 2021$3,249+
Percentiles rank this suburb against Victoria suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. The state and national figures are the average of the latest suburb medians in that area, not a transaction-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
23,252
Median age
48 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,259
Household income / wk
$2,710
▲ 66% vs VIC
Median rent / wk
$600
Mortgage / month
$3,467
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,101
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 10 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 1,074
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 8 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 8 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,161
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 10 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
15 m
range 0–28 m
Land below 5 m
1.7%
0.9% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. A statutory planning-control boundary, not a flood extent, and it can lag the latest flood study. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Local amenities
Schools
8
Supermarkets
4
Pubs & bars
8
Parks
25
Libraries
1
GP clinics
9
Pharmacies
8
Hospitals
2
Nearest supermarket
0.5 km
Nearest train
0.7 km
Nearest hospital
0.6 km
Distance to coast
0.9 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
Grocery mix: 2 Coles · 1 Woolworths. 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).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 41%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 2%
- No religion
- 41%
- Born overseas
- 28%
- English only at home
- 84%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 4 / 5 / 3
- Primary / Secondary
- 11 / 6
- Nearest secondary
- 0.1 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Bayside (Vic.)
- Population / area
- 101,874 · 37 km²
- Density
- 2,739/km²
- Federal grants
- $3.48M/yr · $34/resident
- 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)
Comparable suburbs
Closest by median house price across VIC.
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); Victoria Valuer-General settled transfers (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning overlays, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning Bushfire Management Overlay, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.