Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Telstra Target Market in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Telstra in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Telstra has an estimated audience of 5,546,265 people in Australia.

#1among Mobile phone operator in Australia
#30among Brand in Australia
#17in Technology & Electronics

The average Telstra fan in Australia is 44.8 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in New South Wales.

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

Top brand affinities include Vodafone, Australia Post, Westpac, with strongest over-indexing on Vodafone (3.27× the country average).

Demographically, the Telstra audience skews balanced with an average age of 44.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Need for Security, Patriotism.

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

The typical Telstra fan in Australia is balanced, around 44.8 years old, with strong Need for Security tendencies and a notable affinity for Vodafone.

Category: Technology & Electronics · Type: Brand · Subtype: Mobile phone operator

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 Telstra profile in Australia.

Audience size
5.5M
in Australia
Gender
47.5%
52.5% male
Age
44.8
average years
Country rank
#318
Brand in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-14%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Customer demographics of Telstra

47.5% are female, 52.5% are male, average age 44.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

47.5%
Female
52.5%
Male
Demographic split for Telstra audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female47.5%
Male52.5%
Average age44.8
Estimated audience size5,546,265
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 44.8
average years
Age distribution of the Telstra audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1910%
20-2916%
30-3917%
40-4920%
50+37%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

86.2%

of the worldwide Telstra audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Telstra
CountryShare
Australia86.2%
China3.6%
United States2.1%
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 Telstra audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Telstra customers by region in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Northern Territory~70K1.41×
02Tasmania~100K1.16×
03Western Australia~700K1.08×
04Queensland~1.5M1.06×
05South Australia~400K0.95×
06New South Wales~1.5M0.83×
07Victoria~1.5M0.80×
08Australian Capital Territory~80K0.71×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Telstra audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01LandlineTechnology & Electronics4.80×
02Stuff (magazine)Technology & Electronics4.46×
03VodafoneTechnology & Electronics3.27×
04Origin EnergyHome & Garden2.64×
05IPTVTechnology & Electronics2.63×
06GeminiTechnology & Electronics2.26×
07Pay televisionMovies & TV2.17×
08OptusTechnology & Electronics2.12×
09Chat GPTTechnology & Electronics2.03×
10TelecommunicationTechnology & Electronics1.99×
11FoxtelMovies & TV1.90×
12Australia PostBusiness & Career1.73×
13National Association of BroadcastersMovies & TV1.73×
14WestpacBusiness & Career1.67×
15JB Hi-FiShopping1.65×
16SEEKBusiness & Career1.62×
17Commonwealth BankBusiness & Career1.59×
18Xero (software)Brand1.54×
19OfficeworksShopping1.53×
207-ElevenShopping1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Telstra 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 Telstra audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.36×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.32×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM1.27×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Telstra audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.87×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.89×
Pet OwnershipJOY0.95×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

Who is Telstra's target market in Australia?

Telstra's target market in Australia covers an estimated 5,546,265 people, concentrated in New South Wales and Queensland.

02

What is the gender split and age of Telstra customers?

47.5% of the Telstra audience are female, 52.5% are male, with an average age of 44.8 years.

03

Which brands do Telstra fans like most?

Telstra fans show strongest brand affinity for Vodafone (3.27×), Australia Post (1.73×), and Westpac (1.67×) over the country average.

04

Where do Telstra fans live in Australia?

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

05

What other brands do Telstra fans also like?

Beyond Telstra itself, the audience over-indexes on Australia Post (1.73×), Westpac (1.67×), Telecommunication (1.99×), and JB Hi-Fi (1.65×) 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 Telstra. 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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