Melbourne holds the largest South Asian population in the country, spread across three distinct arcs: the western growth corridor through Tarneit, Truganina, Point Cook and Werribee; the northern corridor through Craigieburn, Roxburgh Park and Mickleham; and the established south-east through Clayton, Springvale, Dandenong, Glen Waverley and out to Cranbourne and Pakenham.
That geography matters for matchmaking more than people expect. A match between Werribee and Berwick is a ninety-minute drive each way, and "we're both in Melbourne" can quietly mean two different lives.
Melbourne's Vietnamese community holds two heartlands: the west through Footscray, Sunshine and St Albans, and the south-east through Springvale — with Richmond's Victoria Street precinct the historic inner-city anchor. It is one of the largest Vietnamese communities in the country, now well into its Australian-born generations.