McDonald’s Australia Store Analysis: 2026 Data

About This Report:

This analysis breaks down that footprint by state, city, drive-thru access, 24-hour availability, and in-store amenities. It’s based on structured data covering all 1,076 stores. 

Data Source:

The data for this analysis comes from ScrapeHero’s Data Store. It’s a pre-scraped dataset of McDonald’s store locations across Australia, covering all 1,076 stores as of 2026. 

Key Takeaways

• McDonald’s runs 1,076 stores across Australia, spanning 895 cities and towns.
• New South Wales has the most stores, with 343 stores, or 32% of the total network.
• Victoria is second, with 271 stores, or 25% of the total.
• Four states have more than 100 McDonald’s stores each: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and Western Australia.
• South Australia and Tasmania each hold less than 10% of total stores.
• Australia’s mainland territories have less than 5% of total stores combined.
• Melbourne has the most stores of any city, with 10, followed by Adelaide (7) and Mascot, NSW (6).
• 919 stores, or about 85%, have a drive-thru — making it the default format, not an add-on.
• 762 stores, or about 71%, are open 24 hours.
• 84.5% of stores are in suburban areas, compared to 15.5% in urban centers.
• Only 3 stores offer EV charging, even as electric vehicles make up a growing share of new car sales in Australia.
• Every store has a website listing, and 958 stores list a phone number.

How Many McDonald’s Stores Are There in Australia?

McDonald’s runs 1,076 stores across Australia. That footprint spans 895 cities and towns nationwide.

Here’s a quick snapshot of the network:

• 1,076 total stores
• 895 cities with at least one store
• 958 stores with a listed phone number
• 1,076 stores with a website listing
• 762 stores open 24 hours
• 919 stores with a drive-thru

Two numbers stand out. Every single store has a website listing. And more than 85% of stores offer a drive-thru (919 out of 1,076). That tells you drive-thru is now the default format for McDonald’s in Australia, not an add-on.

The complete list of McDonald’s restaurant locations in Australia is available for instant download here.

What Does McDonald’s Australia Store Data Include?

This dataset includes the core details for every McDonald’s location in Australia.

Each record can include:

• Store name and address — street, city, state, and zip code
• Geocoded coordinates — latitude and longitude for mapping
• Phone number
• Open hours
• Store status — open, temporarily closed, or opening soon
• A link to the store’s official page and driving directions
• Service and amenity details — like drive-thru access, 24-hour availability, and McCafé presence

This shows the range of what’s possible with structured location data. A single dataset can capture everything from basic contact details to specific operational features, all tied to the exact store.

ScrapeHero sources this data directly from McDonald’s own website and store locator. The dataset is refreshed regularly, so it reflects an accurate, current count of active stores rather than a stale, one-time export.

How Are McDonald’s Stores Distributed Across Australian States?

New South Wales has the most McDonald’s stores in Australia, with 343 stores. That’s 32% of the entire network.

Victoria comes in second, with 271 stores, or 25% of the total. Together, these two states hold more than half of all McDonald’s locations in the country.

Here’s the full breakdown by state and territory:

• New South Wales: 343 stores (32%)
• Victoria: 271 stores (25%)
• Queensland: 242 stores
• Western Australia: 104 stores
• South Australia: 68 stores
• Australian Capital Territory: 21 stores
• Tasmania: 17 stores
• Northern Territory: 10 stores

Australia has six states and two major mainland territories. Four of those states have more than 100 McDonald’s stores each: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and Western Australia.

South Australia and Tasmania each hold less than 10% of the country’s total stores. The two mainland territories, Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory, together make up less than 5% of the network.

This pattern lines up with where most Australians live. The east coast states — New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland — are the country’s most populated. McDonald’s store count follows that same order.

Does McDonald’s Store Count Track Population?

Yes, but not evenly. McDonald’s store count broadly tracks state population; more people generally means more stores. But it doesn’t scale exactly.

Here’s a clearer way to see it: stores per 100,000 people, by state and territory.

State/Territory	Stores per 100,000 People
Australian Capital Territory	4.31
Queensland	4.24
New South Wales	3.97
Victoria	3.81
Northern Territory	3.74
South Australia	3.56
Western Australia	3.38
Tasmania	2.94

(Based on McDonald’s store counts against ABS estimated resident population, December 2025.) 

A few things to note:

• The Australian Capital Territory has the highest store count per person in the country. It only has 21 stores in total, but its small population means those stores go further per resident.
• Queensland beats both New South Wales and Victoria on a per-person basis — even though New South Wales has more than three times as many total stores.
• Victoria ranks fourth per capita, despite holding the second-highest total store count. Its 271 stores mostly reflect its population size, not extra concentration.
• Tasmania has the lowest store count per person of any state or territory.

So the raw ranking by total stores — New South Wales, then Victoria, then Queensland — doesn’t hold up the same way once you adjust for population. Store count follows population in a general sense. It doesn’t follow it exactly.

Which Australian Cities Have the Most McDonald’s Stores?

Melbourne has the most McDonald’s stores of any city in Australia, with 10 locations. Adelaide follows with 7, and Mascot, NSW, has 6.

Here’s how the top cities compare across three measures: total stores, 24-hour stores, and drive-thru stores.

City	State	Total Stores	24-Hr Stores	Drive-Thru Stores
Melbourne	VIC	10	7	—
Adelaide	SA	7	—	—
Mascot	NSW	6	—	—
Officer	VIC	4	4	4
Caboolture	QLD	4	4	4
Burpengary	QLD	4	4	—
Cairns	QLD	4	3	—
Werribee	VIC	4	3	3
Penrith	NSW	4	—	3
Wagga Wagga	NSW	3	—	3
Baldivis	WA	—	4	—
Launceston	TAS	—	3	3
Port Macquarie	NSW	—	3	3
Sunshine	VIC	—	3	3
Townsville	QLD	—	—	3
Wallan	VIC	—	—	3

(A dash means the city didn’t rank in the published top 10 for that category — not that it has zero stores of that type.)

A few things this table makes clear:

• Officer, VIC and Caboolture, QLD are the most consistent performers. Both cities rank in the top 10 for all three categories — total stores, 24-hour access, and drive-thru.
• Melbourne dominates on scale, but not necessarily on format. It leads total stores and 24-hour stores by a wide margin, but doesn’t appear in the drive-thru top 10 — meaning no single Melbourne suburb has enough drive-thru locations to crack that list.
• Adelaide and Mascot lead on raw count only. Neither city appears in the 24-hour or drive-thru top 10s, which suggests their stores lean toward standard operating hours and formats.
• Every city in the drive-thru top 10 also has 3 or more 24-hour stores, except Townsville and Wallan. That pairing — drive-thru plus 24-hour service — shows up often in this data.

Which Cities Have the Most 24-Hour McDonald’s Stores?

Melbourne has the most 24-hour McDonald’s stores of any Australian city, with 7 locations. No other city comes close — the next closest cities have 4.

Here’s the breakdown, pulled from the table above:

• Melbourne, VIC: 7 stores
• Baldivis, WA: 4 stores
• Burpengary, QLD: 4 stores
• Caboolture, QLD: 4 stores
• Officer, VIC: 4 stores
• Cairns, QLD: 3 stores
• Launceston, TAS: 3 stores
• Port Macquarie, NSW: 3 stores
• Sunshine, VIC: 3 stores
• Werribee, VIC: 3 stores

A few patterns stand out:

• Victoria dominates this list. Four of the top 10 cities for 24-hour stores are in Victoria: Melbourne, Officer, Sunshine, and Werribee.
• Queensland is close behind, with three cities — Burpengary, Caboolture, and Cairns.
• These top 10 cities span five different states. That means 24-hour service isn’t limited to Australia’s biggest metro areas. Smaller regional cities, like Baldivis in Western Australia and Launceston in Tasmania, also made the list.
• South Australia has no cities in the 24-hour top 10 — despite Adelaide ranking third overall for total store count. That’s a gap worth noting: Adelaide’s high store count doesn’t come with heavy round-the-clock coverage.

Where Are McDonald’s Drive-Thru Stores Concentrated in Australia?

Victoria has the most cities in Australia’s drive-thru top 10, with four: Officer, Sunshine, Wallan, and Werribee. New South Wales follows with three: Penrith, Port Macquarie, and Wagga Wagga.

Here’s the full list, again pulled from the merged table above:

• Caboolture, QLD: 4 stores
• Officer, VIC: 4 stores
• Launceston, TAS: 3 stores
• Penrith, NSW: 3 stores
• Port Macquarie, NSW: 3 stores
• Sunshine, VIC: 3 stores
• Townsville, QLD: 3 stores
• Wagga Wagga, NSW: 3 stores
• Wallan, VIC: 3 stores
• Werribee, VIC: 3 stores

A few things worth pointing out:

• No city has more than 4 drive-thru stores — even the top-ranked cities, Caboolture and Officer, cap out at 4. That means drive-thru access is spread fairly evenly rather than piled into a handful of hotspots.
• Tasmania has just one city in this list: Launceston. That’s notable because Tasmania has the fewest total McDonald’s stores of any state. Even so, drive-thru service still reaches its largest city.
• The cities here are mostly regional, not capital cities. Aside from Townsville, none of Australia’s largest metro centers — Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide — appear on this list. That suggests drive-thru stores are more spread out across growing suburban and regional areas, rather than concentrated in city centers.

What Services and Amenities Do McDonald’s Stores in Australia Offer?

Nearly every McDonald’s store in Australia offers the same core services. Loyalty, mobile offers, and mobile ordering are available at all 1,076 stores.

Here are the services offered by 900 or more stores:

• Loyalty program: 1,076 stores
• Mobile offers: 1,076 stores
• Mobile orders: 1,076 stores
• ROA (recognition of arrival): 1,070 stores
• Breakfast: 986 stores

Beyond that near-universal core, coverage drops off quickly. Here’s where things stand for the rest:

Service	Stores	Share of Network
Drive-Thru	919	85%
McCafé	866	81%
Play place presence	841	78%
Wi-Fi	782	73%
Indoor dining	769	71%
Indoor playground	762	71%
24-hour presence	761	71%
Self-order kiosk	338	31%
Family handicap accessible	83	8%
Unisex handicap accessible	80	7%

A few things worth pointing out:

• Drive-thru and McCafé are now standard, not niche. Both are available at more than 80% of stores.
• Accessibility-related services have much lower coverage. Family handicap accessibility sits at 83 stores, and unisex handicap accessibility at 80. That’s under 8% of the network for both.
• Self-order kiosks are only in about 3 of every 10 stores. Given how common kiosks are in other markets, this suggests Australia’s rollout is still in progress.
• EV charging is offered at only 3 stores.

How Many McDonald’s Stores Offer EV Charging in Australia?

Only 3 stores, out of 1,076, offer EV charging. That’s less than half a percent of the entire network.

This gap looks even wider next to how fast EV adoption is moving in Australia. Battery electric vehicles made up roughly 21% of new car sales in the second quarter of 2026, and electric, plug-in hybrid, and hybrid vehicles combined accounted for nearly half of all new light vehicle sales in that same period.

What Does McDonald’s Store Distribution Reveal About the Australian Market?

McDonald’s stores in Australia cluster tightly along the eastern and southeastern coast, with almost no presence in the country’s interior. The map below shows this pattern clearly.

A few patterns stand out on the map:

• The southeastern cluster, near Melbourne, is dense — though slightly less packed than the cluster around Sydney.
• Perth is the only significant concentration on the entire western half of the continent. Outside of it, Western Australia has very little McDonald’s presence.
• The vast interior of the country — the outback, the Northern Territory, and most of remote Western Australia and South Australia — has little to no presence. Only a handful of scattered stores appear across this entire region.
• South Australia shows a moderate concentration around Adelaide, but it’s noticeably less dense than the clusters around Sydney or Melbourne.

Together, this map and the state-level numbers from earlier tell a consistent story. McDonald’s presence in Australia follows population, and Australia’s population is heavily concentrated along the coast. Where people live, stores follow. Where they don’t, stores don’t either.

About This Data — Methodology & Limitations

This analysis is based on structured location data for McDonald’s stores in Australia, sourced from ScrapeHero’s Data Store. Each record includes address, geocoded coordinates, phone number, open hours, store status, and service or amenity details like drive-thru access and 24-hour availability.

What this data includes:

• Store location, contact details, and operating status
• Service and amenity fields, including drive-thru, 24-hour service, McCafé, Wi-Fi, and accessibility features
• Data organized by suburb-level city, not by metro area

What this data doesn’t include:

• Foot traffic or sales figures. This dataset can’t identify the “busiest” McDonald’s in Australia, since that would require customer volume data this dataset doesn’t track.
• Store size. For the same reason, this dataset can’t identify the “biggest” McDonald’s by square footage.
• Metro-level city totals. The city field reflects individual suburbs, not combined metro areas. A question like “how many McDonald’s are in Sydney” would require aggregating every Sydney-area suburb in the full dataset — a step outside the scope of this analysis.

External data used in this analysis:

• Population figures by state and territory come from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, National, State and Territory Population, December 2025 — the most recent official release at the time of writing.
• EV adoption figures come from VFACTS data (Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries) and the Australian Automobile Association’s EV Index, reflecting new car sales through the second quarter of 2026.

Scope note: This analysis focuses specifically on McDonald’s store footprint in Australia. For a broader view of how McDonald’s compares to other major chains, see ScrapeHero’s report on [Australia’s 10 largest food chains] 

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