Population 510 (2011 census) State electorate(s) Sunnybank Postal code 4108 Lga City of Brisbane Federal division Division of Moreton | Postcode(s) 4108 Archerfield Coopers Plains Local time Tuesday 8:55 PM Number of airports 1 | |
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Location 11 km (7 mi) from Brisbane GPO Weather 24°C, Wind SE at 10 km/h, 77% Humidity | ||
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.
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Map of Archerfield QLD 4108, Australia
The suburb's western boundary follows Oxley Creek and in the east it follows Beaudesert Road.
Demographics
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.
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
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.
Heritage listings
Archerfield has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: