KiwiSaver statistics as at 30 April 2012

 

KiwiSaver members

Method of joining KiwiSaver Members
Opt in via provider (active choice) 958,286
Opt in via employer 245,390
Automatically enrolled 727,881
Total membership (net of opt outs and closures) 1,931,557
Opt out 254,746
Closed 1 30,393
Active contribution holidays (includes active financial hardship holidays) 79,799

Demographics of KiwiSaver members

Age band Members
0-17 318,356
18-24 297,854
25-34 337,370
35-44 312,727
45-54 311,255
55+ 342,422
No information 11,573
  1,931,557

 

Gender Members
Female 992,705
Male 929,524
No information 9,328
  1,931,557

 

Payments to providers
(gross)
April 2012
($) million
Financial year 2011-12
($) million
Employee deductions 79.0 1,082.3
Employer contributions 53.1 723.8
Voluntary contributions 1.1 11.3
Total member contributions 133.2 1,817.4
Member tax credit (MTC) 0.1 799.1
Kick-start 14.9 199.0
Interest 0.4 4.8
Total crown contributions 15.4 1,002.9
Total payments to providers 148.6 2,820.3

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.