Archerfield, Queensland


Archerfield is a mixed-use suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. At the, Archerfield recorded a population of 544.

Geography

Archerfield is a sparsely populated suburb, with most of the land being occupied by Archerfield Airport. The suburb's western boundary follows Oxley Creek and in the east it follows Beaudesert Road.

Airport

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.

History

Archerfield was named after the 14,000-acre Archerfield pastoral station, acquired in 1881 by Michael Durack, an Australian pastoralist and pioneer.
On 8 August 1995 as southern Queensland experienced a severe, 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.
In the the population of Archerfield was 510.

Heritage listings

Archerfield has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
In the 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.

Climate