KiwiSaver statistics as at 31 May 2010

KiwiSaver members

Method of joining KiwiSaver Members
Opt in via provider (active choice) 687,570
Opt in via employer 210,584
Automatically enrolled 533,101
Total membership (net of opt outs and closures) 1,431,255
Opt out 244,469
Closed 1 13,086
Active contribution holidays (includes active financial hardship holidays) 44,016

Demographics of KiwiSaver members

Age band Members
0-17 260,354
18-24 224,671
25-34 230,261
35-44 231,004
45-54 231,044
55+ 245,678
No information 8,243
  1,431,255

 

Gender Members
Female 739,262
Male 684,881
No information 7,112
  1,431,255

 

Payments to providers
(gross)
May 2010
($) million
Financial year 2009-10
($) million
Employee deductions 81.7 962.0
Employer contributions 52.6 570.8
Voluntary contributions 0.7 7.1
Total member contributions 135.0 1,539.9
Member tax credit (MTC) 0.2 572.4
Kick-start 32.8 340.8
Fee subsidy 0.0 8.8
Interest 0.3 4.3
Total crown contributions 33.3 926.3
Total payments to providers 168.3 2,466.2

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.