Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Soul music Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Soul music in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Soul music has an estimated audience of 4,303,857 people in Australia.

#12among Musical genre in Australia
#338among Topic in Australia
#28in Music & Radio

The average Soul music fan in Australia is 40.3 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 Bee Gees, Barry Gibb, Andrea Bocelli, with strongest over-indexing on Bee Gees (1.76× the country average).

Demographically, the Soul music audience skews more female with an average age of 40.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Mindfulness, Community Orientation.

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

The typical Soul music fan in Australia is more female, around 40.3 years old, with strong Mindfulness tendencies and a notable affinity for Bee Gees.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic · Subtype: Musical genre

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 Soul music profile in Australia.

Audience size
4.3M
in Australia
Gender
57.8%
42.2% male
Age
40.3
average years
Country rank
#477
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+10%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Soul music fans

57.8% are female, 42.2% are male, average age 40.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

57.8%
Female
42.2%
Male
Demographic split for Soul music audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female57.8%
Male42.2%
Average age40.3
Estimated audience size4,303,857
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.3
average years
Age distribution of the Soul music audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1919%
20-2919%
30-3917%
40-4920%
50+26%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.7%

of the worldwide Soul music audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Soul music
CountryShare
United States24.5%
Brazil6.3%
United Kingdom4.6%
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 Soul music audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Soul music fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Northern Territory~40K1.07×
02Victoria~1.5M1.02×
03South Australia~300K0.99×
04Australian Capital Territory~90K0.98×
05Western Australia~500K0.97×
06New South Wales~1.5M0.96×
07Tasmania~90K0.96×
08Queensland~1M0.95×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Soul music audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Sam CookeMusic & Radio1.87×
02Barry GibbMusic & Radio1.81×
03Bee GeesMusic & Radio1.76×
04Aretha FranklinMusic & Radio1.73×
05Van MorrisonMusic & Radio1.73×
06Doris DayMovies & TV1.66×
07Joe CockerMusic & Radio1.66×
08Russell MorrisMusic & Radio1.63×
09Janis JoplinMusic & Radio1.60×
10Jazz-funkMusic & Radio1.60×
11John Paul YoungMusic & Radio1.59×
12Sentimental balladMusic & Radio1.58×
13Andrea BocelliMusic & Radio1.57×
14The Everly BrothersMusic & Radio1.55×
15Eric ClaptonMusic & Radio1.54×
16Linda RonstadtMusic & Radio1.53×
17Keith RichardsMusic & Radio1.52×
18Paul SimonMusic & Radio1.52×
19Skyhooks (band)Music & Radio1.51×
20Brian CaddMusic & Radio1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Soul music 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 Soul music audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
MindfulnessBALANCE1.06×
Community OrientationOPEN1.06×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM1.04×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Soul music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.83×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.83×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.88×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Soul music have in Australia?

Soul music has an estimated audience of 4,303,857 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of Soul music fans?

57.8% of Soul music fans are female, 42.2% are male, with an average age of 40.3 years.

03

Which brands do Soul music fans like most?

Soul music fans show strongest brand affinity for Bee Gees (1.76×), Barry Gibb (1.81×), and Andrea Bocelli (1.57×) over the country average.

04

Where do Soul music fans live in Australia?

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

05

What other brands do Soul music fans also like?

Beyond Soul music itself, the audience over-indexes on Barry Gibb (1.81×), Andrea Bocelli (1.57×), Eric Clapton (1.54×), and Linda Ronstadt (1.53×) 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 Soul music. 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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