KiwiSaver statistics as at 28 February 2010

KiwiSaver members

Method of joining KiwiSaver Members
Opt in via provider (active choice) 626,796
Opt in via employer 206,503
Automatically enrolled 500,400
Total membership (net of opt outs and closures) 1,333,699
Opt out 238,933
Closed 1 11,658
Active contribution holidays (includes active financial hardship holidays) 38,653

Demographics of KiwiSaver members

Age band Members
0-17 236,546
18-24 209,142
25-34 213,174
35-44 216,949
45-54 218,215
55+ 232,008
No information 7,665
  1,333,699

 

Gender Members
Female 688,490
Male 638,376
No information 6,833
  1,333,699

 

Payments to providers
(gross)
February 2010
($) million
Financial year 2009-10
($) million
Employee deductions 125.9 704.5
Employer contributions 64.3 410.2
Voluntary contributions 0.4 5.2
Total member contributions 190.6 1,119.8
Member tax credit (MTC) 1.6 571.8
Kick-start 34.7 254.7
Fee subsidy 0.1 8.6
Interest 0.5 3.4
Total crown contributions 36.9 838.5
Total payments to providers 227.5 1,958.4

Payments to scheme providers

Figures are provisional. Inland Revenue is currently reconciling final payments.

Figures are gross and do not include payments refunded by providers to Inland Revenue.

Figures do not include KiwiSaver contributions held by Inland Revenue.

MTC figures represent all MTC paid to KiwiSaver providers. Figures exclude MTC paid to complying funds.


1 Closed accounts are primarily due to people being incorrectly enrolled or being ineligible for enrolment, or a provider initiated closure, for example due to the death of a member.