Brookby is approximately 5 kilometres west of Clevedon and 5 km southeast of Whitford.

Meadowbrook was constructed by a Mr Lord in 1880 from locally milled kauri.

[2] Brookby is in an SA1 statistical area which covers 3.36 km2 (1.30 sq mi).

The results were 86.0% European (Pākehā), 16.3% Māori, 2.3% Pasifika, and 9.3% Asian.

[6] Of those at least 15 years old, 24 (22.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 63 (58.3%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 18 (16.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications.