Adelaide's South Asian community is anchored around Mawson Lakes and the northern suburbs — Salisbury, Munno Para, Andrews Farm and Golden Grove — with a substantial student and early-career population attached to the universities and the health services.
It is the most affordable of the mainland capitals to marry in and to buy in, which is exactly why a steady number of members in Melbourne and Sydney will consider an Adelaide match that they would not have considered a few years ago.
Adelaide's Chinese community gathers around the Moonta Street Chinatown by the Central Market, the CBD's large student population, and the eastern and north-eastern suburbs where established families have settled — a smaller community than the eastern capitals, with the universities constantly refreshing its younger end.