KiwiSaver statistics as at 31 May 2012

 

KiwiSaver members

Method of joining KiwiSaver Members
Opt in via provider (active choice) 967,433
Opt in via employer 246,612
Automatically enrolled 735,837
Total membership (net of opt outs and closures) 1,949,882
Opt out 255,817
Closed 1 31,081
Active contribution holidays (includes active financial hardship holidays) 81,748

Demographics of KiwiSaver members

Age band Members
0-17 319,704
18-24 300,108
25-34 341,707
35-44 315,980
45-54 314,195
55+ 346,516
No information 11,672
  1,949,882

 

Gender Members
Female 1,001,945
Male 938,561
No information 9,376
  1,949,882

 

Payments to providers
(gross)
May 2012
($) million
Financial year 2011-12
($) million
Employee deductions 135.1 1,217.4
Employer contributions 86.0 809.8
Voluntary contributions 1.4 12.7
Total member contributions 222.5 2,039.9
Member tax credit (MTC) 0.2 799.3
Kick-start 21.0 220
Interest 0.6 5.4
Total crown contributions 21.8 1,024.7
Total payments to providers 244.3 3,064.6

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.