Sydney ethnic enclaves

Sydney, being an entry point for immigrants into Australia, has developed many ethnic enclaves throughout its metropolitan area. These enclaves usually include ethnic restaurants, supermarkets and other shops.
List of enclaves
Chinese
Chinese Australians are the 4th largest ethnic group in Sydney, there 358,064 of them in 2011 making up 6.5% of the population. As a result, many neighbourhoods now have a large Chinese population, with many Chinese businesses. Chinatown, Sydney in Haymarket, Ashfield, Burwood, Strathfield, Flemington, Lidcombe, Auburn, Parramatta, Carlingford, Eastwood, Epping, Chatswood, Hurstville, Rockdale Cabramatta and Campsie all have sizeable Chinese communities.
Vietnamese
Vietnamese Australians have had a large presence in Sydney since the late 1970s, after the Vietnam War. They have settled in neighbourhoods such as Cabramatta, Bonnyrigg, Green Valley, Bankstown, Liverpool, Auburn, Fairfield and Marrickville.
Lebanese
Sydney has one of the largest Lebanese populations in Australia. The 2006 census recorded 86,599 Lebanese-born people in Australia, with 72.8% of all people with Lebanese ancestry living in Sydney, where they make up 2.3% of Sydney's population. Neighbourhoods with sizeable Lebanese Australian populations include Lakemba, Merrylands, Bankstown, Auburn, Punchbowl, and Guildford.
Indians
There are large Indian Australian communities in Strathfield, Harris Park, Parramatta, Westmead and Blacktown.
Pacific Islanders
Pacific Islanders, particularly Samoans, Fijians, Maoris and Tongans, have sizeable communities around Campbelltown and Mount Druitt.
Africans
Africans are a recently arrived ethnic group in Sydney, most having arrived after 2000. Large communities of Sudanese Australians are concentrated in Blacktown and there is a substantial population of Somali Australians in Auburn. Sydney also has a large Ghanaian community around Liverpool.
Filipinos
Filipino Australians have sizeable communities in Blacktown, Mount Druitt, Rooty Hill, Glenwood, Quakers Hill, Sydney and Plumpton.
Koreans
Korean Australians, mainly from South Korea, have sizeable communities in Campsie, Strathfield and Chatswood.
Italians
Italian Australians, most of whom migrated to Australia in the 1950s and 1960s, created an Italian enclave in Leichhardt. Stanley Street, East Sydney was also part of Sydney's first "Little Italy". However, gentrification and rising house prices are forcing many Italians out of the area. A considerable population also resides in and Five Dock, Croydon Park and Haberfield.
Greeks
There is a sizeable Greek Australian community in Earlwood. Other Greek neighbourhoods include Sans Souci, Marrickville and Belmore.
Assyrians
Assyrian Australians, most of whom arrived recently from Iraq, have created enclaves in Liverpool, Bossley Park and Fairfield.
Afghans
Afghan Australians, most of whom arrived as refugees following the Afghanistan War, have a large presence in Auburn and Merrylands.
Turks
Turkish Australians have created enclaves in Eastlakes (NSW) and Auburn (NSW)
South Africans
While South African Australian are spread across Sydney, the neighbourhood of St Ives has a sizeable population.
Macedonians
Macedonian Australians have enclaves in Rockdale and Kogarah.
Bangladeshis
Bangladeshi Australians, while small in number, do have a significant presence in Ingleburn, Lakemba and Rockdale.
Maltese
There is a sizeable Maltese Australian population in Greystanes
Portuguese
Petersham has traditionally been a centre for Portuguese Australian life.
Eastern Europeans
Eastern Europeans, mainly Bosnian Australians and Serbian Australians, have a large community in Liverpool.
Jews
There are large Australian Jewish communities in Bondi, Vaucluse, Bellevue Hill, St Ives and Rose Bay.

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