Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Subway Target Market in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Subway in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Subway has an estimated audience of 4,192,262 people in Australia.

#3among Fast food restaurants in Australia
#40among Brand in Australia
#44in Food & Beverages

The average Subway fan in Australia is 34.5 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Queensland.

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

Top brand affinities include Big W, Comedy movies, McDonald's, with strongest over-indexing on Big W (1.7× the country average).

Demographically, the Subway audience skews balanced with an average age of 34.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Convenience Orientation, Need for Security.

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

The typical Subway fan in Australia is balanced, around 34.5 years old, with strong Convenience Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Big W.

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 Subway profile in Australia.

Audience size
4.2M
in Australia
Gender
49.2%
50.8% male
Age
34.5
average years
Country rank
#496
Brand in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

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

Customer demographics of Subway

49.2% are female, 50.8% are male, average age 34.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

49.2%
Female
50.8%
Male
Demographic split for Subway audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female49.2%
Male50.8%
Average age34.5
Estimated audience size4,192,262
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 34.5
average years
Age distribution of the Subway audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1925%
20-2928%
30-3922%
40-4916%
50+8%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.5%

of the worldwide Subway audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Subway
CountryShare
United States44.4%
Brazil6.0%
United Kingdom5.8%
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 Subway audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Subway customers by region in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Queensland~1.5M1.35×
02Western Australia~600K1.22×
03South Australia~400K1.21×
04Northern Territory~40K1.07×
05Victoria~1M0.90×
06Australian Capital Territory~80K0.87×
07New South Wales~1M0.73×
08Tasmania~60K0.65×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Subway audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Web hostingBusiness & Career3.00×
02Electronic funds transferBusiness & Career2.67×
03Cash ConvertersBusiness & Career2.60×
04Pizza HutFood & Beverages2.59×
05Red RoosterFood & Beverages2.48×
06Domino's PizzaFood & Beverages2.47×
07Hungry Jack'sFood & Beverages2.23×
08KFCFood & Beverages2.00×
09EB GamesGames1.98×
10McDonald'sFood & Beverages1.86×
11Creative CommonsTechnology & Electronics1.86×
12Internet celebrityInternet & Social Media1.82×
13BPCars & Mobility1.80×
147-ElevenShopping1.78×
15Big WShopping1.70×
16City BeachFashion & Accessoires1.70×
17Comedy moviesMovies & TV1.63×
18WestpacBusiness & Career1.58×
19National Australia BankBusiness & Career1.53×
20Financial servicesBusiness & Career1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Subway 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 Subway audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.39×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.28×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.26×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Subway audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.59×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.70×
MindfulnessBALANCE0.76×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

Who is Subway's target market in Australia?

Subway's target market in Australia covers an estimated 4,192,262 people, concentrated in Queensland and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of Subway customers?

49.2% of the Subway audience are female, 50.8% are male, with an average age of 34.5 years.

03

Which brands do Subway fans like most?

Subway fans show strongest brand affinity for Big W (1.7×), Comedy movies (1.63×), and McDonald's (1.86×) over the country average.

04

Where do Subway fans live in Australia?

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

05

What other brands do Subway fans also like?

Beyond Subway itself, the audience over-indexes on Comedy movies (1.63×), McDonald's (1.86×), Pizza Hut (2.59×), and KFC (2×) 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 Subway. 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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