Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Discount stores Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Discount stores in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Discount stores has an estimated audience of 4,506,943 people in Australia.

#54among Lifestyle cluster in Australia
#315among Topic in Australia
#23in Shopping

The average Discount stores fan in Australia is 44.3 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Queensland.

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

Top brand affinities include Spotlight (software), Aldi, Big W, with strongest over-indexing on Spotlight (software) (3.18× the country average).

Demographically, the Discount stores audience skews more female with an average age of 44.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Price Sensitivity, Community Orientation.

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

The typical Discount stores fan in Australia is more female, around 44.3 years old, with strong Price Sensitivity tendencies and a notable affinity for Spotlight (software).

Category: Shopping · Type: Topic · Subtype: Lifestyle cluster

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 Discount stores profile in Australia.

Audience size
4.5M
in Australia
Gender
70.7%
29.3% male
Age
44.3
average years
Country rank
#448
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-20%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Discount stores fans

70.7% are female, 29.3% are male, average age 44.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

70.7%
Female
29.3%
Male
Demographic split for Discount stores audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female70.7%
Male29.3%
Average age44.3
Estimated audience size4,506,943
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 44.3
average years
Age distribution of the Discount stores audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-198%
20-2918%
30-3920%
40-4922%
50+32%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.3%

of the worldwide Discount stores audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Discount stores
CountryShare
United States11.5%
Italy7.8%
Germany6.8%
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 Discount stores audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Discount stores fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Queensland~3.5M3.31×
02Northern Territory~40K0.96×
03New South Wales~1.5M0.88×
04Tasmania~80K0.87×
05Victoria~1M0.86×
06Australian Capital Territory~80K0.85×
07South Australia~300K0.75×
08Western Australia~300K0.63×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Discount stores audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01WoolworthShopping3.69×
02Baby BuntingKids & Family3.60×
03Spotlight (software)Technology & Electronics3.18×
04Harris ScarfeHome & Garden3.04×
05Children's clothingFashion & Accessoires2.83×
06AldiShopping2.80×
07Target AustraliaShopping2.58×
08KmartShopping2.57×
09CostcoShopping2.50×
10Target CorporationShopping2.46×
11Big WShopping2.39×
12Cotton OnFashion & Accessoires2.29×
13IKEAHome & Garden2.05×
14WomanKids & Family1.94×
15Harvey NormanShopping1.86×
16GiftShopping1.77×
17Australia PostBusiness & Career1.75×
18BooksLiterature1.69×
19EducationBusiness & Career1.64×
20ChildKids & Family1.54×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Discount stores 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 Discount stores audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.83×
Community OrientationOPEN1.69×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.51×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Discount stores audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.71×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.80×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.84×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Discount stores have in Australia?

Discount stores has an estimated audience of 4,506,943 people in Australia, concentrated in Queensland and New South Wales.

02

What is the gender split and age of Discount stores fans?

70.7% of Discount stores fans are female, 29.3% are male, with an average age of 44.3 years.

03

Which brands do Discount stores fans like most?

Discount stores fans show strongest brand affinity for Spotlight (software) (3.18×), Aldi (2.8×), and Big W (2.39×) over the country average.

04

Where do Discount stores fans live in Australia?

Discount stores fans in Australia are most concentrated in Queensland (reach ~3.5M), New South Wales (reach ~1.5M), and Victoria (reach ~1M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Discount stores fans also like?

Beyond Discount stores itself, the audience over-indexes on Aldi (2.8×), Big W (2.39×), Kmart (2.57×), and Costco (2.5×) 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 Discount stores. 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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