Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Airbnb Target Market in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Airbnb in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Airbnb has an estimated audience of 8,319,614 people in Australia.

#1among Travel website in Australia
#5among Brand in Australia
#16in Travel & Leisure

The average Airbnb fan in Australia is 45.0 years old, more female, and lives primarily in New South Wales.

The audience is concentrated in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland.

Top brand affinities include Webjet, Online marketplace, Flight Centre, with strongest over-indexing on Webjet (1.79× the country average).

Demographically, the Airbnb audience skews more female with an average age of 45.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Quality Awareness, Travelling.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 8 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Airbnb fan in Australia is more female, around 45.0 years old, with strong Quality Awareness tendencies and a notable affinity for Webjet.

Category: Travel & Leisure · Type: Brand · Subtype: Travel website

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-18.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Airbnb profile in Australia.

Audience size
8.3M
in Australia
Gender
61.2%
38.8% male
Age
45.0
average years
Country rank
#123
Brand in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+6%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Customer demographics of Airbnb

61.2% are female, 38.8% are male, average age 45.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

61.2%
Female
38.8%
Male
Demographic split for Airbnb audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female61.2%
Male38.8%
Average age45.0
Estimated audience size8,319,614
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 45.0
average years
Age distribution of the Airbnb audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-199%
20-2916%
30-3917%
40-4922%
50+36%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.9%

of the worldwide Airbnb audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Airbnb
CountryShare
United States23.9%
United Kingdom5.5%
Italy5.4%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Australia average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Airbnb audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Airbnb customers by region in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Tasmania~200K1.15×
02Queensland~2M1.09×
03New South Wales~3M1.01×
04Victoria~2.5M1.01×
05Australian Capital Territory~200K1.00×
06Northern Territory~70K0.95×
07Western Australia~900K0.94×
08South Australia~600K0.86×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Airbnb audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Airbnb audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Sharing economyBusiness & Career3.57×
02Online marketplaceInternet & Social Media2.82×
03Package tourTravel & Leisure2.19×
04Retirement communityKids & Family2.15×
05Retirement planningBusiness & Career2.03×
06Holiday cottageTravel & Leisure1.92×
07Vacation rentalTravel & Leisure1.92×
08TrivagoTravel & Leisure1.88×
09RetirementBusiness & Career1.85×
10WebjetTravel & Leisure1.79×
11Freedom FurnitureHome & Garden1.76×
12Booking.comTravel & Leisure1.73×
13TripAdvisorTravel & Leisure1.71×
14Old agePolitics & Society1.70×
15Business classTravel & Leisure1.64×
16BaggageFashion & Accessoires1.63×
17MotorhomeCars & Mobility1.60×
18Starter homeHome & Garden1.59×
19Flight CentreTravel & Leisure1.55×
20Dining roomHome & Garden1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Airbnb audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Airbnb audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM1.42×
TravellingTHRILL1.31×
Community OrientationOPEN1.18×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Airbnb audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.74×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.84×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.85×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

Who is Airbnb's target market in Australia?

Airbnb's target market in Australia covers an estimated 8,319,614 people, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of Airbnb customers?

61.2% of the Airbnb audience are female, 38.8% are male, with an average age of 45.0 years.

03

Which brands do Airbnb fans like most?

Airbnb fans show strongest brand affinity for Webjet (1.79×), Online marketplace (2.82×), and Flight Centre (1.55×) over the country average.

04

Where do Airbnb fans live in Australia?

Airbnb fans in Australia are most concentrated in New South Wales (reach ~3M), Victoria (reach ~2.5M), and Queensland (reach ~2M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Airbnb fans also like?

Beyond Airbnb itself, the audience over-indexes on Online marketplace (2.82×), Flight Centre (1.55×), Retirement community (2.15×), and Sharing economy (3.57×) compared to the Australia average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Australia who actively search for Airbnb. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Australia. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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