Rascasse Audience Intelligence

First-time buyer Audience in Ireland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about First-time buyer in Ireland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. First-time buyer has an estimated audience of 983,451 people in Ireland.

First-time buyer has an estimated audience of 983,451 people in Ireland. 63.7% are female, 36.3% are male, average age 43.9. Top brand affinities: Starter home, Property finder, IKEA, First-time home buyer grant, Home construction.

Top brand affinities include Starter home, Property finder, IKEA, with strongest over-indexing on Starter home (3.65× the country average).

Demographically, the First-time buyer audience skews more female with an average age of 43.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Design Affinity, Patriotism.

The typical First-time buyer fan in Ireland is more female, around 43.9 years old, with strong Design Affinity tendencies and a notable affinity for Starter home.

Category: Shopping · Type: Topic

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-14.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the First-time buyer profile in Ireland.

Audience size
983K
in Ireland
Gender
63.7%
36.3% male
Age
43.9
average years
Country rank
#372
Topic in Ireland
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

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

Demographics of First-time buyer fans

63.7% are female, 36.3% are male, average age 43.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

63.7%
Female
36.3%
Male
Demographic split for First-time buyer audience in Ireland
MetricValue
Female63.7%
Male36.3%
Average age43.9
Estimated audience size983,451
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.9
average years
Age distribution of the First-time buyer audience in Ireland
Age bracketShare%
16-195%
20-2918%
30-3925%
40-4926%
50+26%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.9%

of the worldwide First-time buyer audience comes from Ireland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for First-time buyer
CountryShare
United States24.6%
United Kingdom7.5%
Japan4.9%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for First-time buyer audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01First-time home buyer grantHome & Garden3.90×
02Property finderHome & Garden3.78×
03Starter homeHome & Garden3.65×
04Mortgage calculatorHome & Garden3.21×
05Home RenovationsHome & Garden3.05×
06Home constructionHome & Garden2.93×
07House of FraserFashion & Accessoires2.80×
08Expensive TasteBusiness & Career2.61×
09Real estate developmentBusiness & Career2.59×
10Home Interior DesignHome & Garden2.56×
11Home repairHome & Garden2.48×
12Bedroom furnitureHome & Garden2.40×
13Dining roomHome & Garden2.25×
14Landscape designBusiness & Career2.08×
15RenovationHome & Garden2.07×
16Arnotts (Ireland)Shopping2.02×
17Living roomHome & Garden2.02×
18BedroomHome & Garden1.85×
19IKEAHome & Garden1.81×
20BathroomHome & Garden1.54×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the First-time buyer 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 First-time buyer audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.03×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.01×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.99×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by First-time buyer audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TravellingTHRILL0.95×
Social Media UsageJOY0.97×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.99×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Ireland who actively search for First-time buyer. 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 Ireland. 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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