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{{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb
| name = Clayfield
| city = Brisbane
| state = qld
| image = StateLibQld 1 130603 Aerial view of houses in Clayfield, Brisbane, 1930.jpg
| caption = Aerial view of houses in the suburb in 1930
| lga = [[City of Brisbane]]
| postcode = 4011
| pop = 10006
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2011}}
| pop_footnotes =<ref name="Census 2011">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30371|name=Clayfield (State Suburb)|accessdate=25 October 2013|quick=on}}</ref>
| area = 2.9
| est =
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Clayfield|Clayfield]]
| fedgov = [[Division of Brisbane|Brisbane]]
| dist1 = 7
| location1= [[Brisbane CBD]]
| near-nw = [[Wooloowin, Queensland|Wooloowin]]
| near-n = [[Nundah, Queensland|Nundah]]
| near-ne = [[Hendra, Queensland|Hendra]]
| near-w = [[Albion, Queensland|Albion]]
| near-e = [[Ascot, Queensland|Ascot]]
| near-sw = [[Albion, Queensland|Albion]]
| near-s = [[Ascot, Queensland|Ascot]]
| near-se = [[Ascot, Queensland|Ascot]]
}}
'''Clayfield''' is an inner northern [[suburbs and localities (Australia)|suburb]] in the [[City of Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]].<ref name=qpn>{{cite QPN|44198|Clayfield|accessdate=27 July 2014}}</ref> It is approximately {{convert|7|km|mi|0}} from the [[Brisbane central business district|Brisbane CBD]]. Clayfield is bordered to the north by Nundah, to the East by Ascot and Hendra, to the west by Wooloowin and to the South by Albion.
Its name derives from the fine white-grey sedimentary clay mined in [[Albion, Queensland|Albion]], between Morgan and Sykes Street, used in the [[brickworks]] that once existed between Oriel Road and Reeve Street near Sandgate Road.<ref name=qpn/> This industry, once known as "''the clay fields''", was instrumental in the residential surge of European settlement of inner-north Brisbane.
[[Kalinga Park, Brisbane|Kalinga Park]] and the [[Kalinga, Queensland|Kalinga]] locality lay on the northern limit. Clayfield also encompasses the locality of [[Eagle Junction, Queensland|Eagle Junction]].
==Demographics==
In the 2011 Census the population of Clayfield is 10,006, 52.6% female and 47.4% male.
The median/average age of the Clayfield population is 34 years of age, 3 years below the Australian average.
70.3% of people living in Clayfield were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.7%, England 3.6%, India 2.5%, Philippines 0.8%, China 0.8%.
81.9% of people speak English as their first language 1% Italian, 1% Mandarin, 0.7% Punjabi, 0.7% Korean, 0.7% Hindi.
==Heritage listings==
Clayfield has a number of [[heritage-listed]] sites, including:
* 3 London Road: [[Lyndhurst, Clayfield|Lyndhurst]]<ref>{{cite QHR|19548|Lyndhurst|accessdate=6 July 2013}}</ref>
* 8 London Road: [[Turrawan]]<ref>{{cite QHR|19574|Clayfield House|accessdate=6 July 2013}}</ref>
* 18 Tarranalma Avenue: [[Tarranalma]]<ref>{{cite QHR|14959|Tarranalma|accessdate=6 July 2013}}</ref>
* 25 Enderley Road: [[Stanley Hall, Clayfield|Stanley Hall]]<ref>{{cite QHR|14958|Stanley Hall|accessdate=6 July 2013}}</ref>
* 40 Enderley Road: [[Ralahyne]]<ref>{{cite QHR|14957|Ralahyne|accessdate=6 July 2013}}</ref>
==Facilities==
===Transport===
Clayfield was served by an electric tram line which ran along Sandgate Road until its closure on 13 April 1969. It is now served by bus and train services from the nearby [[Clayfield railway station, Brisbane|Clayfield railway station]] and [[Eagle Junction railway station, Brisbane|Eagle Junction railway station]]. Along the capital road (Alexandra Road), a canopy of poinciana and oak trees produce a 'New England' canopy effect.
===Education===
Schools located within Clayfield include:
* [[Aviation High (Clayfield, Queensland)|Aviation High]]
* [[Clayfield College]]
*Eagle Junction State Primary School
* [[St Rita's College]]
Other schools that serve the Clayfield area include:
*[http://ascotss.eq.edu.au/ Ascot State Primary School]
*[http://www.hendrass.eq.edu.au/ Hendra State Primary School]
*[http://www.hcpswooloowin.qld.edu.au/ Holy Cross School], Wooloowin
* [[Kedron State High School]]
*[http://www.mmc.qld.edu.au/ Mary MacKillop College], Nundah
*[http://www.nundahss.eq.edu.au/ Nundah State Primary School]
*[http://www.olhchendra.qld.edu.au/ Our Lady Help of Christians], Hendra
* [[St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School]], Ascot
*[http://wooloowinss.eq.edu.au/ Wooloowin State Primary School]
===Places of Worship===
Churches that are located in Clayfield include:
*Clayfield Baptist Church
*Clayfield Gospel Hall
*Clayfield Uniting Church
*Scots Presbyterian Church
*St Agatha's Catholic Church
*St Mark's Anglican Church
== References ==
<references />
==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[http://queenslandplaces.com.au/clayfield University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Clayfield]
* {{cite web|title=Clayfield
|work=BRISbites
|url=http://www.brisbites.com/suburbView.asp?suburb=141&topic=1
|publisher=[[Brisbane City Council]]
|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080720214945/http://www.brisbites.com/suburbView.asp?suburb=141&topic=1
|archivedate=20 July 2008
}}
* {{cite web|title=Clayfield
|work=Our Brisbane
|url=http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/clayfield/home/
|publisher=[[Brisbane City Council]]
|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071217155145/http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/clayfield/home/
|archivedate=17 December 2007
}}
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{{Suburbs of Brisbane City Council}}
[[Category:Suburbs of Brisbane]]
[[Category:Clayfield, Queensland]]
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