Mansfield is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Mansfield had a population of 8,851 people.
The suburb was named by the Queensland Place Names Board on 1 August 1967, after the Queensland Governor of the time Sir Alan Mansfield.
Brisbane Adventist College Primary Campus opened on 25 January 1966.
Mansfield State School opened on 27 January 1970.
Brisbane Adventist College Secondary Campus opened on 1973.
Mansfield State High School opened on 29 January 1974.
Christian Outreach College opened on 16 May 1978 in West End. It relocated to Mansfield in 1982, but is now within the suburb boundaries of Carindale. It is now known as Citepointe Christian College.
In 1999, the Brisbane Adventist Primary and Secondary Campuses amalgamated to created Brisbane Adventist College.
In the 2011 census, the population of Mansfield was 8,473 people, 51.8% female and 48.2% male. The median age of the Mansfield population was 38 years of age, 1 year above the Australian median. 69.8% of people living in Mansfield were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.8%, England 2.9%, South Africa 1.5%, India 1.4%, China 1.1%. 76.1% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 2.8% Greek, 2.6% Cantonese, 1.3% Mandarin, 1.2% Arabic, 1% Hindi.
In the 2016 census, Mansfield had a population of 8,695 people. The suburb has a moderate Greek presence with under 2.3% of the population speaking Greek as a first language.
In the 2021 census, Mansfield had a population of 8,851 people.
History info courtesy of Wikipedia