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| Archerfield Brisbane, Queensland |
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.jpg) Archerfield Airport terminal, 2007 |
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| Population: | 510 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 4108 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 11 km (7 mi) from Brisbane GPO | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Brisbane (Moorooka Ward) |
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| State District: | Sunnybank | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Moreton | ||||||||||||
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Archerfield is a mixed-use suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Archerfield is a sparsely populated suburb, with most of the land being occupied by Archerfield Airport. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 510.
The suburb's western boundary follows Oxley Creek and in the east it follows Beaudesert Road.
In the 2011 census the population of Archerfield was 510, 44.9% female and 55.1% male.
The median age of the Archerfield population was 37 years of age, the same as the median nationally.
64.5% of people living in Archerfield were born in Australia, slightly less than the national average of 69.8%. The other top responses for country of birth were India 3%, England 2.4%, Philippines 2.2%, New Zealand 2.2%, Fiji 2%.
67.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 4.2% Vietnamese, 2.2% Samoan, 2% Hindi, 1.8% Gujarati, 1.8% Greek.
Archerfield Airport originally served as the major airport for Brisbane. The old civil terminal is still in existence on the eastern side of the airfield. During World War 2 the airfield served as a base for military flying operations in support of the war in the Pacific.
On 8 August 1995 as southern Queensland experienced a severe cold snap, a temperature of 0 degrees was recorded in Archerfield. On 4 January 2014, the suburb recorded a maximum temperature of 42.4 degrees, just under the record maximum set in 1940.
Archerfield has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
Coordinates: 27°34′6″S 153°1′27″E / 27.56833°S 153.02417°E / -27.56833; 153.02417 (Archerfield)
