Rascasse Audience Intelligence

University Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about University in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. University has an estimated audience of 4,159,776 people in Australia.

#17among Touchpoint in Australia
#79in Business & Career

The average University fan in Australia is 39.8 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 College, Student, Academic degree, with strongest over-indexing on College (2.18× the country average).

Demographically, the University audience skews more female with an average age of 39.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Career Orientation, Mindfulness.

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

The typical University fan in Australia is more female, around 39.8 years old, with strong Career Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for College.

Category: Business & Career · Type: Touchpoint

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 University profile in Australia.

Audience size
4.2M
in Australia
Gender
59.4%
40.6% male
Age
39.8
average years
Country rank
#506
Touchpoint in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

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

Demographics of University fans

59.4% are female, 40.6% are male, average age 39.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

59.4%
Female
40.6%
Male
Demographic split for University audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female59.4%
Male40.6%
Average age39.8
Estimated audience size4,159,776
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 39.8
average years
Age distribution of the University audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1920%
20-2919%
30-3918%
40-4920%
50+23%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.6%

of the worldwide University audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for University
CountryShare
United States18.8%
Brazil5.6%
Italy4.5%
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 University audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

University fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01South Australia~500K1.42×
02Australian Capital Territory~100K1.22×
03New South Wales~1.5M0.97×
04Queensland~900K0.96×
05Northern Territory~40K0.92×
06Victoria~1M0.89×
07Tasmania~80K0.88×
08Western Australia~400K0.77×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for University audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Academic degreeBusiness & Career2.33×
02Postgraduate educationBusiness & Career2.32×
03Bachelor's degreeBusiness & Career2.26×
04CollegeBusiness & Career2.18×
05Undergraduate educationBusiness & Career2.17×
06Public universityBusiness & Career2.10×
07UrduPolitics & Society2.06×
08HindiPolitics & Society2.01×
09Master's degreeBusiness & Career1.89×
10Monash UniversityBusiness & Career1.88×
11Vocational educationBusiness & Career1.87×
12Zoom (TV channel)Technology & Electronics1.85×
13Doctor of PhilosophyBusiness & Career1.85×
14International studentBusiness & Career1.75×
15Master of Business AdministrationBusiness & Career1.73×
16MumbaiTravel & Leisure1.69×
17Tamil languagePolitics & Society1.64×
18Secondary educationKids & Family1.63×
19StudentBusiness & Career1.56×
20Institute of technologyBusiness & Career1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the University 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 University audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Career OrientationPOWER1.28×
MindfulnessBALANCE1.27×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.19×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by University audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Pet OwnershipJOY0.94×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.94×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.94×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does University have in Australia?

University has an estimated audience of 4,159,776 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of University fans?

59.4% of University fans are female, 40.6% are male, with an average age of 39.8 years.

03

Which brands do University fans like most?

University fans show strongest brand affinity for College (2.18×), Student (1.56×), and Academic degree (2.33×) over the country average.

04

Where do University fans live in Australia?

University fans in Australia are most concentrated in New South Wales (reach ~1.5M), Victoria (reach ~1M), and Queensland (reach ~900K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do University fans also like?

Beyond University itself, the audience over-indexes on Student (1.56×), Academic degree (2.33×), Postgraduate education (2.32×), and Bachelor's degree (2.26×) 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 University. 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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