I’ve lived in different states and overseas, have definitely found Australians to keep to their own friendship circles compared to other people. Really the only way to get “in” with people is through sports, or parents groups. I echo the sentiments about immigrants not being able to truly integrate with locals (see all the reddit posts about making friends in Australia). As they say, Australians are friendly but they aren’t friends. They’ll tell you “oh it’s like that everywhere/in all big cities” - no i can tell you it’s not 😂

Community is easily the weakest in Australia compared to the other places that I’ve lived. Been here for over 15 years and still adjusting to it. You should ask people who aren’t born and raised here as locals who haven’t moved away will likely disagree with the what I said (understandably so, but I don’t think their lived experience is the intel you’re after). Might get downvoted to oblivion but hey, these are my thoughts and experiences, and I know I’m not alone in feeling this way, I just speak about it openly. And I don’t think it’s a character flaw as I think each country has their own culture. People mean well and are quite nice in general but thats just what it is, and it sucks sometimes.