Brookstead is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.

The land is flat freehold farmland (approx 400 metres above sea level) and is used to grow crops, such as sorgum, corn and wheat.

[6] The Gore Highway traverses the locality from the south-east to the south-west slightly bypassing the town.

At the bypass is the junction with the Brookstead Norworth Road which exits the locality through the north-west.

Brookstead State School was officially opened on 25 January 1915 by Donald Mackintosh, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Pittsworth.

[10] The foundation stone ceremony for St Matthews Anglican Church was held on Sunday 26 August 1923 with Archdeacon Osborne officiating.