Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Local food Audience in Ireland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Local food in Ireland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Local food has an estimated audience of 713,364 people in Ireland.

Local food has an estimated audience of 713,364 people in Ireland. 65.8% are female, 34.2% are male, average age 38.9. Top brand affinities: Foodie, Home Interior Design, Self care, Breakfast, Vegetarian cuisine.

Top brand affinities include Foodie, Home Interior Design, Self care, with strongest over-indexing on Foodie (2.19× the country average).

Demographically, the Local food audience skews more female with an average age of 38.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Need for Security.

The typical Local food fan in Ireland is more female, around 38.9 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Foodie.

Category: Food & Beverages · 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 Local food profile in Ireland.

Audience size
713K
in Ireland
Gender
65.8%
34.2% male
Age
38.9
average years
Country rank
#636
Topic in Ireland
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+128%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Local food fans

65.8% are female, 34.2% are male, average age 38.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

65.8%
Female
34.2%
Male
Demographic split for Local food audience in Ireland
MetricValue
Female65.8%
Male34.2%
Average age38.9
Estimated audience size713,364
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 38.9
average years
Age distribution of the Local food audience in Ireland
Age bracketShare%
16-1920%
20-2920%
30-3920%
40-4920%
50+20%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.3%

of the worldwide Local food audience comes from Ireland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Local food
CountryShare
United States18.0%
Japan9.7%
Italy5.7%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Local food audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Vegetarian cuisineFood & Beverages2.24×
02FoodieFood & Beverages2.19×
03Home Interior DesignHome & Garden2.06×
04Home décor productsHome & Garden2.05×
05CookbookFood & Beverages2.00×
06Self careHealth1.90×
07Travel AdventuresTravel & Leisure1.89×
08Home DesignHome & Garden1.79×
09Self-loveHealth1.74×
10PastryFood & Beverages1.71×
11DinnerFood & Beverages1.68×
12Gift shopHome & Garden1.68×
13Pet storePets & Animals1.67×
14Property finderHome & Garden1.66×
15BreakfastFood & Beverages1.65×
16LunchFood & Beverages1.65×
17Organic farmingFood & Beverages1.64×
18Home constructionHome & Garden1.54×
19Very (online retailer)Website / Newspaper / Magazine1.53×
20Organic foodFood & Beverages1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Local food 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 Local food audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.22×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.17×
TravellingTHRILL1.06×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Local food audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.86×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.92×
TravellingTHRILL1.06×
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 Local food. 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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