Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Hobby Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Hobby in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Hobby has an estimated audience of 7,341,868 people in Australia.

#114among Topic in Australia
#16in Home & Garden

The average Hobby fan in Australia is 42.8 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 Photographic film, Optics, Image sensor, with strongest over-indexing on Photographic film (1.89× the country average).

Demographically, the Hobby audience skews more female with an average age of 42.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Creativity, Early Adopter Mentality.

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

The typical Hobby fan in Australia is more female, around 42.8 years old, with strong Creativity tendencies and a notable affinity for Photographic film.

Category: Home & Garden · 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 Hobby profile in Australia.

Audience size
7.3M
in Australia
Gender
58.1%
41.9% male
Age
42.8
average years
Country rank
#168
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-1%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Hobby fans

58.1% are female, 41.9% are male, average age 42.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

58.1%
Female
41.9%
Male
Demographic split for Hobby audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female58.1%
Male41.9%
Average age42.8
Estimated audience size7,341,868
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.8
average years
Age distribution of the Hobby audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1913%
20-2918%
30-3918%
40-4921%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.0%

of the worldwide Hobby audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Hobby
CountryShare
United States21.7%
China7.4%
Japan6.0%
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 Hobby audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Hobby fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01South Australia~600K1.12×
02Victoria~2.5M1.09×
03Western Australia~900K1.09×
04Queensland~2M1.08×
05New South Wales~3M1.04×
06Australian Capital Territory~200K1.01×
07Tasmania~100K0.90×
08Northern Territory~60K0.88×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Hobby audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01PumaFashion & Accessoires2.17×
02Sneaker collectingFashion & Accessoires1.93×
03Photographic filmTechnology & Electronics1.89×
04Image sensorTechnology & Electronics1.85×
05Sportswear (fashion)Fashion & Accessoires1.85×
062010s in fashionFashion & Accessoires1.76×
07Infant bodysuitKids & Family1.70×
08Baby foodKids & Family1.65×
09Infant clothingKids & Family1.64×
10Retirement communityKids & Family1.63×
11Family and consumer scienceKids & Family1.62×
12Child developmentBusiness & Career1.60×
13OpticsHealth1.59×
14Old agePolitics & Society1.59×
15PantiesFashion & Accessoires1.59×
16BohemianismFashion & Accessoires1.58×
17GardenerHome & Garden1.56×
18Home decorating ideasHome & Garden1.55×
19Healthy habitsHealth1.51×
20Wildlife photographyTechnology & Electronics1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Hobby 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 Hobby audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
CreativityOPEN1.23×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.23×
IndulgenceJOY1.18×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Hobby audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.89×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.90×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.97×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Hobby have in Australia?

Hobby has an estimated audience of 7,341,868 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of Hobby fans?

58.1% of Hobby fans are female, 41.9% are male, with an average age of 42.8 years.

03

Which brands do Hobby fans like most?

Hobby fans show strongest brand affinity for Photographic film (1.89×), Optics (1.59×), and Image sensor (1.85×) over the country average.

04

Where do Hobby fans live in Australia?

Hobby 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 Hobby fans also like?

Beyond Hobby itself, the audience over-indexes on Optics (1.59×), Image sensor (1.85×), Infant clothing (1.64×), and Retirement community (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 Hobby. 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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