Brisbane's South Asian community sits mainly south of the river — Sunnybank, Runcorn, Calamvale, Stretton and Eight Mile Plains — with rapid growth west through Springfield Lakes, Forest Lake, Redbank Plains and Ipswich, and a newer cluster north around North Lakes and Mango Hill.
It is a smaller community than Melbourne's or Sydney's, and that changes the dynamic: the networks are tighter, word travels faster, and a good number of Brisbane members are also open to matches in Sydney or interstate.
Brisbane's Telugu community has grown quickly over the last decade, largely through skilled migration into IT, engineering and healthcare, and is concentrated in the southern suburbs around Sunnybank, Calamvale and Stretton and in the western growth areas at Springfield Lakes and Forest Lake. Housing affordability compared with Sydney is a common reason families give for being here at all.