KiwiSaver statistics as at 30 June 2012

 

KiwiSaver members

Membership details Members
Opt in via provider (active choice) 975,743
Opt in via employer 247,950
Automatically enrolled 742,751
Total membership (net of opt outs and closures) 1,966,444
Opt out 255,935
Closed 1 32,227
Active contribution holidays (includes active financial hardship holidays) 83,370

Demographics of KiwiSaver members

Age band Members
0-17 320,519
18-24 301,819
25-34 345,923
35-44 318,979
45-54 317,089
55+ 350,372
No information 11,743
  1,966,444

 

Gender Members
Female 1,010,295
Male 946,706
No information 9,443
  1,966,444

 

Payments to providers
(gross)
June 2012
($) million
Financial year 2011-12
($) million
Employee deductions 104.1 1321.5
Employer contributions 56.1 865.9
Voluntary contributions 3.5 16.2
Total member contributions 163.7 2,203.6
Member tax credit (MTC) 0.2 799.5
Kick-start 19.4 239.4
Interest 0.3 5.7
Total crown contributions 19.9 1,044.6
Total payments to providers 183.6 3,248.2

Payments to scheme providers

Figures are rounded to one decimal place.

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.