Rascasse Audience Intelligence

McDonald's Target Market in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about McDonald's in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. McDonald's has an estimated audience of 6,152,538 people in Australia.

#1among Fast food restaurants in Australia
#25among Brand in Australia
#23in Food & Beverages

The average McDonald's fan in Australia is 37.4 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Victoria.

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

Top brand affinities include KFC, Fast food, Subway, with strongest over-indexing on KFC (1.91× the country average).

Demographically, the McDonald's audience skews balanced with an average age of 37.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Need for Security, Family Orientation.

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

The typical McDonald's fan in Australia is balanced, around 37.4 years old, with strong Need for Security tendencies and a notable affinity for KFC.

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Brand · Subtype: Fast food restaurants

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 McDonald's profile in Australia.

Audience size
6.2M
in Australia
Gender
53.3%
46.7% male
Age
37.4
average years
Country rank
#270
Brand in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-33%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Customer demographics of McDonald's

53.3% are female, 46.7% are male, average age 37.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

53.3%
Female
46.7%
Male
Demographic split for McDonald's audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female53.3%
Male46.7%
Average age37.4
Estimated audience size6,152,538
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 37.4
average years
Age distribution of the McDonald's audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1923%
20-2923%
30-3919%
40-4919%
50+17%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.3%

of the worldwide McDonald's audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for McDonald's
CountryShare
United States24.3%
Italy4.8%
Germany4.7%
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 McDonald's audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

McDonald's customers by region in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Australian Capital Territory~200K1.60×
02Victoria~2.5M1.29×
03Queensland~1.5M1.14×
04South Australia~500K1.05×
05Western Australia~700K0.93×
06New South Wales~2M0.88×
07Tasmania~80K0.57×
08Northern Territory~30K0.56×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for McDonald's audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Wendy'sFood & Beverages2.71×
02The EconomistBusiness & Career2.52×
03Burger KingFood & Beverages2.43×
04French friesFood & Beverages2.23×
05StarbucksFood & Beverages2.20×
06WalmartShopping2.16×
07KFCFood & Beverages1.91×
08Hungry Jack'sFood & Beverages1.90×
09Red RoosterFood & Beverages1.84×
10SubwayFood & Beverages1.72×
11Pizza HutFood & Beverages1.72×
12Fast foodFood & Beverages1.66×
13Domino's PizzaFood & Beverages1.66×
14Fried chickenFood & Beverages1.59×
15HamburgerFood & Beverages1.58×
16Oporto (restaurant)Food & Beverages1.53×
177-ElevenShopping1.52×
18Chicken (food)Food & Beverages1.52×
19EB GamesGames1.51×
20BaconFood & Beverages1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the McDonald's 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 McDonald's audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.12×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM1.08×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.07×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by McDonald's audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.60×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.69×
MindfulnessBALANCE0.73×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

Who is McDonald's's target market in Australia?

McDonald's's target market in Australia covers an estimated 6,152,538 people, concentrated in Victoria and New South Wales.

02

What is the gender split and age of McDonald's customers?

53.3% of the McDonald's audience are female, 46.7% are male, with an average age of 37.4 years.

03

Which brands do McDonald's fans like most?

McDonald's fans show strongest brand affinity for KFC (1.91×), Fast food (1.66×), and Subway (1.72×) over the country average.

04

Where do McDonald's fans live in Australia?

McDonald's fans in Australia are most concentrated in Victoria (reach ~2.5M), New South Wales (reach ~2M), and Queensland (reach ~1.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do McDonald's fans also like?

Beyond McDonald's itself, the audience over-indexes on Fast food (1.66×), Subway (1.72×), 7-Eleven (1.52×), and Pizza Hut (1.72×) 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 McDonald's. 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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