Download coordinates as: Brighton is a coastal northern suburb of the City of Brisbane, in the state of Queensland, in Australia.

[6] The Deagon Deviation enters the suburb from the south-east (Bracken Ridge / Sandgate) and follows the course of Bald Hills Creek before exiting to the north-east to become the Houghton Highway and Ted Smout Memorial Bridge (the pair of bridges across Hays Inlet to Clontarf in the City of Moreton Bay).

[9] The Brighton Hotel located along Beaconsfield Terrace was believed to be built by David Rowntree Somerset.

An early settler, Captain William Townsend, bought the Brighton Hotel and used it as his home and, once sold in 1893, it was used as an orphanage.

[13][14][15][16][17] On Saturday 2 December 1939, 500 people attended the opening of a new church building by Reverend F. A. Malcolm, the President of the Methodist Conference.

[23][24][25][26] Brighton was the site of the Second World War barracks of the RAAF Air Training School between December 1940 and May 1946; it was built on reclaimed land.

[27] It was announced in late 2012 that the nursing home would close because the government did not wish to continue to provide aged care facilities.

[28][29] The site was redeveloped as the Brighton Health Campus, which provides a range of rehabilitation services and some aged care.

[21] In June 1990 the Uniting Church in Australia congregations of Boondall, Brighton, Sandgate and Shorncliffe decided to amalgamate.

78.4% of people living in Brighton were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 4.3%, Scotland 0.8%, Philippines 0.6%, Ireland 0.5%.

91.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 0.5% German, 0.3% French, 0.3% Italian, 0.2% Tagalog, 0.2% Cantonese.

[45] There are a number of parks in the suburb, including: Brighton has a woodland wetland protected by the local government.

Brighton is a desirable Brisbane suburb due to both the ease of public transport, such as the train service from nearby Sandgate, and also the bayside esplanade.