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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Brighton is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Adelaide, Australia, with a population of approximately 3,834, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 12 km from the Adelaide CBD, Brighton is a middle ring area in South Australia. The median household income is $87,984 per year.
Moderate income levels in Brighton indicate steady rental demand from working households. Close CBD access strengthens tenant appeal and resale value.
Official Australia Post postcode for Brighton. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Brighton on My School →Estimated 2 parks and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
3,834 residents places Brighton squarely in the middle of the South Australia suburb size distribution (state median 3,699), with market depth comparable to most SA localities. Households here earn $87,984/year on average — 9% above the SA suburb median of $80,964 — a modest premium that supports resilient owner-occupier demand. Rent of $360/week (80% coverage of the $1,939/month median mortgage) leaves a gap of roughly $379/month that a typical investor bridges with negative gearing, depreciation and capital growth. 12 km from Adelaide places Brighton in the middle commuter belt, close enough for daily trips by car or rail but at a materially lower price point than inner suburbs. Only 58% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 73% state median), so this is a unit-heavy market where body-corporate decisions and strata supply meaningfully shape investor returns.
This suburb suits long-term investors looking for a balance of rental yield and capital growth. Schools and transport underpin family demand. Local rents consume roughly 21% of household income — a useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
How Brighton stacks up against the median of all South Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Brighton sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Brighton | SA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,834 | 3,699 | +4% |
| Median household income | $87,984/yr | $80,964/yr | +9% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $360 | $320 | +13% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $1,939 | $1,616 | +20% |
| Distance to CBD | 12 km | 13 km | -8% |
| Separate houses | 58% | 73% | -15pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Brighton — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Moderate buy-and-hold potential: Brighton's 3,834-person market and $87,984 median household income work for investors who are selective on street location and property quality rather than counting on a suburb-wide rerating.
Moderate rental coverage: rent of $360/week covers 80% of a $1,939/month mortgage, leaving a $379/month gap that an investor bridges with equity, depreciation and tax benefits.
Only 58% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 73% SA median) — this is a unit and townhouse market, where cosmetic flips struggle against body-corporate restrictions, thinner after-reno uplift and competing new supply.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Brighton are modest for 2026 — incomes 9% above the SA median of $80,964 and a population of 3,834 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~80% of the typical mortgage ($1,560/month rent vs $1,939/month repayment), keeping cash flow in positive or near-neutral territory. The EquitySight investment score of 70/100 places Brighton in the upper-middle tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is constructive heading into the second half of 2026.
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Brighton scores 70/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a good rating. That score is driven by a population of 3,834, median household income of $87,984/year and median weekly rent of $360. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Brighton are proximity to Adelaide (12 km), an above-state-median household income of $87,984/year, a dwelling mix that is 58% separate houses, roughly 1 schools and 2 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Brighton has a usual resident population of approximately 3,834, compared with a South Australia suburb median of 3,699 — placing it in the upper half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Brighton sits 12 km straight-line from the Adelaide CBD. This is comfortable commuter territory, with reasonable rail and road access to the city.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $360 in Brighton, equating to approximately $18,720/year in gross rental income (state median $320/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Brighton is $1,939, or approximately $23,268/year (vs $1,616/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
A median weekly rent of $360 works out to $1,560/month, covering 80% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,939/month. That leaves a $379/month shortfall (around $4,548/year before tax benefits), so a typical owner-occupier-priced property here is negatively geared. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (3,834 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,939 median mortgage, the broader South Australia market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.