Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Home improvement Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Home improvement in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Home improvement has an estimated audience of 9,456,898 people in Australia.

#41among Lifestyle cluster in Australia
#54among Topic in Australia
#5in Home & Garden

The average Home improvement fan in Australia is 44.8 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 Renovation, Home construction, Home décor products, with strongest over-indexing on Renovation (1.61× the country average).

Demographically, the Home improvement audience skews more female with an average age of 44.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as DIY Mentality, Design Affinity.

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

The typical Home improvement fan in Australia is more female, around 44.8 years old, with strong DIY Mentality tendencies and a notable affinity for Renovation.

Category: Home & Garden · 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 Home improvement profile in Australia.

Audience size
9.5M
in Australia
Gender
57.8%
42.2% male
Age
44.8
average years
Country rank
#81
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-19%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Home improvement fans

57.8% are female, 42.2% are male, average age 44.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

57.8%
Female
42.2%
Male
Demographic split for Home improvement audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female57.8%
Male42.2%
Average age44.8
Estimated audience size9,456,898
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 44.8
average years
Age distribution of the Home improvement audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-198%
20-2916%
30-3919%
40-4923%
50+34%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.0%

of the worldwide Home improvement audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Home improvement
CountryShare
United States22.2%
United Kingdom4.8%
Italy4.0%
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 Home improvement audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Home improvement fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Tasmania~200K1.22×
02South Australia~900K1.18×
03Queensland~2.5M1.09×
04Western Australia~1M0.95×
05Victoria~2.5M0.93×
06Australian Capital Territory~200K0.93×
07Northern Territory~80K0.93×
08New South Wales~3M0.90×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Home improvement audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Home Interior DesignHome & Garden1.92×
02Home décor productsHome & Garden1.84×
03FarmhouseTravel & Leisure1.84×
04Freedom FurnitureHome & Garden1.73×
05DecorationHome & Garden1.72×
06Home DesignHome & Garden1.68×
07West ElmHome & Garden1.68×
08Landscape designBusiness & Career1.67×
09DrillHome & Garden1.63×
10RenovationHome & Garden1.61×
11PatioHome & Garden1.61×
12Home constructionHome & Garden1.60×
13Garden furnitureHome & Garden1.60×
14Window shutterHome & Garden1.60×
15Hardware storeHome & Garden1.58×
16BackyardHome & Garden1.56×
17Bedroom furnitureHome & Garden1.56×
18AdairsHome & Garden1.55×
19Retirement communityKids & Family1.55×
20Nick Scali FurnitureHome & Garden1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Home improvement 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 Home improvement audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
DIY MentalityTHRILL1.55×
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.44×
CreativityOPEN1.14×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Home improvement audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.81×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.84×
Social Media UsageJOY0.86×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Home improvement have in Australia?

Home improvement has an estimated audience of 9,456,898 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of Home improvement fans?

57.8% of Home improvement fans are female, 42.2% are male, with an average age of 44.8 years.

03

Which brands do Home improvement fans like most?

Home improvement fans show strongest brand affinity for Renovation (1.61×), Home construction (1.6×), and Home décor products (1.84×) over the country average.

04

Where do Home improvement fans live in Australia?

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

05

What other brands do Home improvement fans also like?

Beyond Home improvement itself, the audience over-indexes on Home construction (1.6×), Home décor products (1.84×), Landscape design (1.67×), and Home Design (1.68×) compared to the Australia average.

Appendix

Explore more audiences

Related profiles, rankings and the same audience in other markets.

How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Australia who actively search for Home improvement. 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.

Scale & coverage
500,000+ ready-to-use audiences across 170+ countries

From global mass-market brands to niche local segments — explore the full library and see which intelligence layers are included.

See pricing →