Meet the cheats of Ashley Madison

MEET THE CHEATS: A BREAKDOWN OF AUSTRALIAN ASHLEY MADISON USERS

* The average Australian user of Ashley Madison described themselves as a 37-year-old Caucasian man of average weight and about 180cm tall.

* The word horny appeared in profile captions of both Australian men and women 11,274 times at similar rates but the word cheat barely featured in any user's profiles.

* The most popular body type descriptions were average, fit and muscular with only seven per cent describing themselves as either shapely, full-sized or curvaceous.

* Nearly half of all Australian users described themselves as an attached male seeking a women, but women seeking a same-sex partner overshadowed men's interest in a gay tryst by more than four times.

* 41 per cent of Australian users were single looking for either a single or an attached partner.

* There was only a seven per cent difference between female users described as attached than those described as single, in comparison attached men led single men by 20 per cent.