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 Vietnamese community is anchored in Inala and Darra in the south-west — market precincts, temples and parishes within a few kilometres of each other — with younger families spreading through Forest Lake and Springfield along the growth corridor.