Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Swimming Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Swimming in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Swimming has an estimated audience of 5,102,385 people in Australia.

#5among Sport in Australia
#256among Topic in Australia
#21in Sports

The average Swimming fan in Australia is 43.6 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in New South Wales.

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

Top brand affinities include Human swimming, Retirement community, FINA World Aquatics Championships, with strongest over-indexing on Human swimming (2.13× the country average).

Demographically, the Swimming audience skews balanced with an average age of 43.6, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Family Orientation, Community Orientation.

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

The typical Swimming fan in Australia is balanced, around 43.6 years old, with strong Family Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Human swimming.

Category: Sports · Type: Topic · Subtype: Sport

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 Swimming profile in Australia.

Audience size
5.1M
in Australia
Gender
54.5%
45.5% male
Age
43.6
average years
Country rank
#366
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+6%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Swimming fans

54.5% are female, 45.5% are male, average age 43.6.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.5%
Female
45.5%
Male
Demographic split for Swimming audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female54.5%
Male45.5%
Average age43.6
Estimated audience size5,102,385
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.6
average years
Age distribution of the Swimming audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1910%
20-2917%
30-3920%
40-4923%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.1%

of the worldwide Swimming audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Swimming
CountryShare
United States16.0%
Japan6.3%
Italy5.0%
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 Swimming audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Swimming fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Northern Territory~60K1.24×
02South Australia~400K1.08×
03Victoria~1.5M1.04×
04Queensland~1M1.01×
05Western Australia~600K0.94×
06New South Wales~1.5M0.92×
07Australian Capital Territory~90K0.87×
08Tasmania~100K0.86×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Swimming audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01BreaststrokeSports3.16×
02BackstrokeSports3.12×
03FINA World Aquatics ChampionshipsSports2.90×
04FINASports2.58×
05Human swimmingSports2.13×
06Women's sportsTopic1.79×
07School holidayKids & Family1.71×
08Pre-school playgroupKids & Family1.68×
09Head teacherKids & Family1.67×
10Carnival Cruise LinesTravel & Leisure1.60×
11Educational toyKids & Family1.59×
12Shoe insertHealth1.56×
13Big wave surfingSports1.56×
14Diabetes AustraliaHealth1.55×
15Cotton On KidsShopping1.54×
16Retirement communityKids & Family1.53×
17MatildasSports1.53×
18Stay at Home MumKids & Family1.53×
19Teacher educationBusiness & Career1.52×
20Sarah, Duchess of YorkLiterature1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Swimming 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 Swimming audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM1.21×
Community OrientationOPEN1.17×
Sports ActivityPOWER1.14×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Swimming audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.91×
Urban LifestyleOPEN0.94×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.95×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Swimming have in Australia?

Swimming has an estimated audience of 5,102,385 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of Swimming fans?

54.5% of Swimming fans are female, 45.5% are male, with an average age of 43.6 years.

03

Which brands do Swimming fans like most?

Swimming fans show strongest brand affinity for Human swimming (2.13×), Retirement community (1.53×), and FINA World Aquatics Championships (2.9×) over the country average.

04

Where do Swimming fans live in Australia?

Swimming 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 Swimming fans also like?

Beyond Swimming itself, the audience over-indexes on Retirement community (1.53×), FINA World Aquatics Championships (2.9×), Educational toy (1.59×), and Diabetes Australia (1.55×) 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 Swimming. 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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