Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Fast food Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Fast food in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Fast food has an estimated audience of 6,322,832 people in Australia.

#173among Topic in Australia
#20in Food & Beverages

The average Fast food fan in Australia is 41.0 years old, more female, and lives primarily in New South Wales.

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

Top brand affinities include McDonald's, French fries, The Economist, with strongest over-indexing on McDonald's (1.55× the country average).

Demographically, the Fast food audience skews more female with an average age of 41.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Need for Security, Urban Lifestyle.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 15 brand affinities and 8 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Fast food fan in Australia is more female, around 41.0 years old, with strong Need for Security tendencies and a notable affinity for McDonald's.

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Topic

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 Fast food profile in Australia.

Audience size
6.3M
in Australia
Gender
57.4%
42.6% male
Age
41.0
average years
Country rank
#248
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-29%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Fast food fans

57.4% are female, 42.6% are male, average age 41.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

57.4%
Female
42.6%
Male
Demographic split for Fast food audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female57.4%
Male42.6%
Average age41.0
Estimated audience size6,322,832
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 41.0
average years
Age distribution of the Fast food audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1916%
20-2919%
30-3919%
40-4920%
50+25%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.8%

of the worldwide Fast food audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Fast food
CountryShare
United States20.3%
Italy5.0%
Brazil4.7%
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 Fast food audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Fast food fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Queensland~2M1.18×
02Western Australia~900K1.18×
03New South Wales~2.5M1.04×
04Northern Territory~60K0.96×
05South Australia~500K0.95×
06Victoria~2M0.93×
07Australian Capital Territory~100K0.92×
08Tasmania~100K0.88×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Fast food audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Seattle's Best CoffeeFood & Beverages1.82×
02TeavanaFood & Beverages1.79×
03White Castle (restaurant)Food & Beverages1.68×
04Super Size MeMovies & TV1.67×
05Colonel SandersFood & Beverages1.66×
06Ronald McDonaldFood & Beverages1.65×
07Chipotle Mexican GrillFood & Beverages1.65×
08Wendy'sFood & Beverages1.63×
09FrappuccinoFood & Beverages1.63×
10American IdolMovies & TV1.59×
11René RedoFood1.57×
12McDonald'sFood & Beverages1.55×
13The EconomistBusiness & Career1.53×
14Burger KingFood & Beverages1.52×
15French friesFood & Beverages1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Fast food 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 Fast food audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.03×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.01×
Social Media UsageJOY1.01×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Fast food audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SustainabilityBALANCE0.91×
MindfulnessBALANCE0.91×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.91×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Fast food have in Australia?

Fast food has an estimated audience of 6,322,832 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Queensland.

02

What is the gender split and age of Fast food fans?

57.4% of Fast food fans are female, 42.6% are male, with an average age of 41.0 years.

03

Which brands do Fast food fans like most?

Fast food fans show strongest brand affinity for McDonald's (1.55×), French fries (1.5×), and The Economist (1.53×) over the country average.

04

Where do Fast food fans live in Australia?

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

05

What other brands do Fast food fans also like?

Beyond Fast food itself, the audience over-indexes on French fries (1.5×), The Economist (1.53×), Burger King (1.52×), and Wendy's (1.63×) 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 Fast food. 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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