Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Pet food Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Pet food in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Pet food has an estimated audience of 3,943,412 people in Australia.

#381among Topic in Australia
#11in Pets & Animals

The average Pet food fan in Australia is 43.5 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Victoria.

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

Top brand affinities include Pet store, Dog food, Dog health, with strongest over-indexing on Pet store (4.17× the country average).

Demographically, the Pet food audience skews more female with an average age of 43.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Pet Ownership, Design Affinity.

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

The typical Pet food fan in Australia is more female, around 43.5 years old, with strong Pet Ownership tendencies and a notable affinity for Pet store.

Category: Pets & Animals · 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 Pet food profile in Australia.

Audience size
3.9M
in Australia
Gender
67.0%
33.0% male
Age
43.5
average years
Country rank
#536
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+3%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Pet food fans

67.0% are female, 33.0% are male, average age 43.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

67.0%
Female
33.0%
Male
Demographic split for Pet food audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female67.0%
Male33.0%
Average age43.5
Estimated audience size3,943,412
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.5
average years
Age distribution of the Pet food audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1912%
20-2918%
30-3916%
40-4922%
50+32%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.9%

of the worldwide Pet food audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Pet food
CountryShare
United States20.9%
Japan10.2%
China4.9%
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 Pet food audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Pet food fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01South Australia~400K1.26×
02Victoria~1.5M1.08×
03Queensland~1M1.07×
04Western Australia~500K0.99×
05Northern Territory~40K0.97×
06Tasmania~80K0.96×
07Australian Capital Territory~80K0.95×
08New South Wales~1.5M0.90×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Pet food audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Pet storePets & Animals4.17×
02Dog healthPets & Animals4.14×
03Cat foodPets & Animals3.99×
04Yorkshire TerrierPets & Animals3.95×
05Chihuahua (dog)Pets & Animals3.95×
06Pomeranian (dog)Pets & Animals3.82×
07Dog foodPets & Animals3.79×
08Dog harnessPets & Animals3.65×
09Dog collarPets & Animals3.63×
10PoodlePets & Animals3.59×
11Dog breedingPets & Animals3.59×
12Shih TzuPets & Animals3.46×
13Dog walkingPets & Animals3.43×
14Labrador RetrieverPets & Animals3.16×
15PugPets & Animals3.13×
16Dog loversPets & Animals3.02×
17Golden RetrieverPets & Animals2.97×
18French BulldogPets & Animals2.89×
19Dog breedPets & Animals2.30×
20Animal welfarePolitics & Society1.96×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Pet 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 Pet food audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Pet OwnershipJOY1.98×
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.51×
MindfulnessBALANCE1.35×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Pet food audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.80×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.80×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.87×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Pet food have in Australia?

Pet food has an estimated audience of 3,943,412 people in Australia, concentrated in Victoria and New South Wales.

02

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

67.0% of Pet food fans are female, 33.0% are male, with an average age of 43.5 years.

03

Which brands do Pet food fans like most?

Pet food fans show strongest brand affinity for Pet store (4.17×), Dog food (3.79×), and Dog health (4.14×) over the country average.

04

Where do Pet food fans live in Australia?

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

05

What other brands do Pet food fans also like?

Beyond Pet food itself, the audience over-indexes on Dog food (3.79×), Dog health (4.14×), Dog walking (3.43×), and Cat food (3.99×) 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 Pet 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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