Indian businesses and services in Perth, Australia

Perth's Indian community is one of the older ones in Australia in one sense and one of the newer ones in another. After Indian independence a significant number of Anglo-Indian families settled in Western Australia, and they have since been joined by a large wave of skilled migrants and students from across India, alongside growing Sri Lankan, Nepali and Pakistani communities. There is no single Little India; families have settled widely across the suburbs, with newer arrivals often in the growing estates on the city's fringes.

Indian grocery stores and restaurants are therefore spread out, usually in suburban shopping centres rather than on one main street. Hindu temples, gurdwaras and mosques are scattered too. There is a Hindu temple in Canning Vale, and others elsewhere in the metro include a Tamil Murugan temple at Mandogalup and a Swaminarayan temple, along with active associations for most regional and language groups.

Perth runs on Western Australian time, two and a half hours ahead of India all year round, the smallest gap of any Australian capital, which makes calls home easy. The city is spread out and trains and buses do not reach every suburb conveniently, so a car helps, especially for reaching temples. Diwali events are organised by temples and community associations in October or November, Onam is celebrated by the Malayali community, and Vaisakhi and Holi are marked in their seasons.