Asian migrants are driving an increase in badminton's popularity around Australia

Participation in Badminton has risen around Australia in the past two years. (702 ABC Sydney: Amanda Hoh)

Badminton is an unlikely contender in Australia's sporting landscape, with no Olympic medals on the board and no Commonwealth Games medals since 2010.

But in recent years the sport has asserted itself around the country, with participation numbers growing from 226,000 in 2020 to just over 311,000 in 2022.