KiwiSaver statistics as at 31 March 2010

KiwiSaver members

Method of joining KiwiSaver Members
Opt in via provider (active choice) 649,745
Opt in via employer 207,873
Automatically enrolled 511,991
Total membership (net of opt outs and closures) 1,369,609
Opt out 240,559
Closed 1 12,092
Active contribution holidays (includes active financial hardship holidays) 40,517

Demographics of KiwiSaver members

Age band Members
0-17 245,538
18-24 215,457
25-34 219,242
35-44 221,892
45-54 222,753
55+ 236,887
No information 7,840
  1,369,609

 

Gender Members
Female 707,285
Male 655,426
No information 6,898
  1,369,609

 

Payments to providers
(gross)
March 2010
($) million
Financial year 2009-10
($) million
Employee deductions 89.3 793.8
Employer contributions 57.7 467.9
Voluntary contributions 0.6 5.7
Total member contributions 147.6 1,267.4
Member tax credit (MTC) 0.2 572.0
Kick-start 29.6 284.4
Fee subsidy 0.1 8.7
Interest 0.3 3.7
Total crown contributions 30.2 868.7
Total payments to providers 177.8 2,136.1

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.