A sunny beach day trip for city-dwellers, Brighton is an affluent bayside community with cafe's and restaurants offering a luxury beach backdrop. Brighton is an affluent coastal suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Bayside. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Brighton had a population of 23,253 people in 2016.

Area: 819 HA

Founded: 1840

Age: About 181 years

Postal code: 3186

Leisure:

The bay trail; walk, run, cycle your way to St Kilda pier High end fashion and beauty Fine dining and cafe's Dendy Street Beach, featuring iconic colourful bathing boxes

Transport: North Brighton Railway Station Numerous busses throughout and around 30 mins from Melbourne CBD via Nepean Hwy