Greek matrimony in Sydney

Sydney's South Asian community is centred on the west and north-west: Harris Park and Parramatta, where Wigram Street has been the community's high street for two decades, then out through Westmead, Toongabbie, Girraween, Blacktown, Quakers Hill, Schofields, Kellyville and Glenwood, with a second concentration through Lakemba, Punchbowl and Bankstown.

Housing costs push younger couples further along the north-west and south-west growth corridors each year, which is why relocation and commute come up in Sydney matches more than in any other city.

Sydney's Greek community runs through Earlwood, Kingsgrove and the St George suburbs to Brighton-Le-Sands, with the Marrickville inner-west thread carrying its history — an established, parish-anchored community where the annual festival calendar still does much of the introducing.

Greek Australians are one of the defining communities of modern Australia — Melbourne holds one of the largest Greek populations of any city outside Greece — now mostly third and fourth generation, with community life anchored by Orthodox parishes, Greek schools, regional brotherhoods and a packed festival calendar.

Darwin and Adelaide carry their own historic Greek communities — Darwin's, with its strong Kalymnian roots, is one of the most distinctive in the country — so the search here is genuinely national rather than a two-city affair.