Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Documentary movies Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Documentary movies in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Documentary movies has an estimated audience of 5,940,984 people in Australia.

#3among Movie genre in Australia
#196among Topic in Australia
#14in Movies & TV

The average Documentary movies fan in Australia is 43.6 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 Salma Hayek, Glenn Close, Hyperbole, with strongest over-indexing on Salma Hayek (1.53× the country average).

Demographically, the Documentary movies audience skews more female with an average age of 43.6, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Community Orientation, Patriotism.

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

The typical Documentary movies fan in Australia is more female, around 43.6 years old, with strong Community Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Salma Hayek.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: Topic · Subtype: Movie genre

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 Documentary movies profile in Australia.

Audience size
5.9M
in Australia
Gender
55.6%
44.4% male
Age
43.6
average years
Country rank
#282
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-51%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Documentary movies fans

55.6% are female, 44.4% are male, average age 43.6.

Fig. 02

Gender split

55.6%
Female
44.4%
Male
Demographic split for Documentary movies audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female55.6%
Male44.4%
Average age43.6
Estimated audience size5,940,984
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.6
average years
Age distribution of the Documentary movies audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1910%
20-2918%
30-3919%
40-4923%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.2%

of the worldwide Documentary movies audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Documentary movies
CountryShare
United States23.4%
United Kingdom4.8%
India4.3%
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 Documentary movies audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Documentary movies fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Northern Territory~70K1.22×
02Tasmania~100K1.02×
03Australian Capital Territory~100K0.99×
04South Australia~400K0.91×
05Western Australia~600K0.88×
06Queensland~1M0.82×
07Victoria~1.5M0.77×
08New South Wales~1.5M0.75×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Documentary movies audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01HyperboleInternet & Social Media1.94×
02Glenn CloseMovies & TV1.75×
03Gardening TipsHome & Garden1.68×
04Human conditionHealth1.68×
05Caroline MyssLiterature1.65×
06starts at 60Business & Career1.63×
07Bakersfield soundMusic & Radio1.62×
08Nashville soundMusic & Radio1.61×
09Appalachian musicMusic & Radio1.59×
10Apocalypse NowMovies & TV1.58×
11Shriya SaranMovies & TV1.57×
12Julia ClareteMovies & TV1.57×
13Australian Christian LobbyPolitics & Society1.56×
14Western music (North America)Music & Radio1.55×
15Food MattersFood & Beverages1.55×
16Salma HayekMovies & TV1.53×
17Daily JokesInternet & Social Media1.52×
18The Shift NetworkNGO / Political Party1.52×
19Maxi PriestMusic & Radio1.52×
20Franklin GrahamPolitics & Society1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Documentary movies 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 Documentary movies audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Community OrientationOPEN1.09×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.06×
DIY MentalityTHRILL1.05×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Documentary movies audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.83×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.83×
IndulgenceJOY0.85×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Documentary movies have in Australia?

Documentary movies has an estimated audience of 5,940,984 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of Documentary movies fans?

55.6% of Documentary movies fans are female, 44.4% are male, with an average age of 43.6 years.

03

Which brands do Documentary movies fans like most?

Documentary movies fans show strongest brand affinity for Salma Hayek (1.53×), Glenn Close (1.75×), and Hyperbole (1.94×) over the country average.

04

Where do Documentary movies fans live in Australia?

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

05

What other brands do Documentary movies fans also like?

Beyond Documentary movies itself, the audience over-indexes on Glenn Close (1.75×), Hyperbole (1.94×), Western music (North America) (1.55×), and Apocalypse Now (1.58×) 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 Documentary movies. 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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