A snapshot of the Australian shooting community (Sep 2014)

[Aster]

This may not be of interest to everyone but I thought I'd post it for any who are curious. We use Google Analytics on the forum which provides a little information on the demographics of our visitors. Based on the last 10,000 unique visitors to the site this is who we're made up of.

Location

• Victoria: 28%
• NSW: 26%
• QLD: 21%
• WA: 11%
• SA: 7%
• TAS: 3%
• ACT: 2%
• NT: 2%

Age

• 18-24: 7%
• 25-34: 33%
• 35-44: 20%
• 45-54: 20%
• 55-64: 14%
• 65+: 6%

Gender

• Male: 91%
• Female: 9%

So there you go. That's a snapshot of who we are.

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Edit/Update: See the updated February 2016 Snapshot here.

[lole]

Google you pack of stalkers

[1290]

Vic shooters leading the pack

No under 18s doesn't sound right..... how do you know the age anyway??

1 in 10 ladies is good.... but how can Mr Google tell? Delicate keystroke technique perhaps.....

[Chronos]

1 in 10 ladies is good.... but how can Mr Google tell? Delicate keystroke technique perhaps.....

You can tell by the amount of whinging, bitching, moaning and cattyness........us city blokes are famous for it!

Chronos

[Combat_Wombat]

91% blokes this place is a sausage fest

[1290]

91% blokes this place is a sausage fest

Hey big boy

[petemacsydney]

Too many young people, too many Mexicans and not enough women!!!!

Lol, just kidding, great too see so much diversity!!

[Bennybigbores]

I'm with you Pete, but your butt looks soooo good in lace and that pistol wow!!!!

[Aster]

No under 18s doesn't sound right..... how do you know the age anyway??

1 in 10 ladies is good.... but how can Mr Google tell? Delicate keystroke technique perhaps.....

You're right, there would be some under 18 visitors to the site of course. I suspect the information isn't gathered/reported as part of Google privacy policy or something along those lines. That's just a guess though.

As I understand it, the broad strokes of how it 'knows' is based on information people have entered into their Gmail accounts, Google+ social networking, Google Adsense interactions etc. and that's anonymously provided in Analytics for webmasters.

[inventurkey]

1 in 10 ladies is good.... but how can Mr Google tell? Delicate keystroke technique perhaps.....

Their forum replies look like this Firearms Insurance

[Warrigul]

You're right, there would be some under 18 visitors to the site of course. I suspect the information isn't gathered/reported as part of Google privacy policy or something along those lines. That's just a guess though.

As I understand it, the broad strokes of how it 'knows' is based on information people have entered into their Gmail accounts, Google+ social networking, Google Adsense interactions etc. and that's anonymously provided in Analytics for webmasters.

I wonder how describing myself as a bondage loving, goat worshipping, leather clad female with no preferred sexuality has skewed their statistics?

Mind you, even though I did it to protest the "required fields" it did tend to draw some strange replies to my chainsaw ad on Gumtree................... some texts you definately DON'T want to reply to.

[1290]

You're in luck, as of last year our federal government legislated a third sex. .... oh if only it wasn't true... diverse multi color flagged inter everythinged liability discriminatory averse quarter witted pollies. ....

[Aster]

I wonder how describing myself as a bondage loving, goat worshipping, leather clad female with no preferred sexuality has skewed their statistics?

Well... It does also include an 'interests' section of data... I'm thinking "Fashionista"

[padaro]

You're in luck, as of last year our federal government legislated a third sex. .... oh if only it wasn't true... diverse multi color flagged inter everythinged liability discriminatory averse quarter witted pollies. ....

Yeah, you options now passports and ID stuff is Male, Female and Unspecified?

Something like that

[petemacsydney]

I'm with you Pete, but your butt looks soooo good in lace and that pistol wow!!!!

Hey careful mate, that's my wife!...

Well... sort of...

[veep]

Vic shooters leading the pack

Winners!

Put that down to our laws not being as ridiculous as some of the others I guess?

Soz WA.

[BBJ]

Feeling pretty lonely up here in NT right now