Lost super is money held by super funds where the member is either:
- uncontactable – the fund has lost contact with the member and the account hasn’t received a contribution or rollover for 12 months
- inactive – an account hasn’t received a contribution or rollover in 5 years.
The following tables show the total number of accounts and value by category of lost super (fund-held) at the end of the last 4 financial years.
|
Category |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 ('000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Lost uncontactable |
229 |
218 |
196 |
192 |
|
Lost inactive |
133 |
130 |
124 |
141 |
|
Total |
362 |
349 |
320 |
333 |
Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand. Totals may not align due to rounding.
|
Category |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Lost uncontactable |
$5.0b |
$5.7b |
$5.6b |
$6.2b |
|
Lost inactive |
$4.2b |
$4.7b |
$4.5b |
$5.6b |
|
Total |
$9.2b |
$10.4b |
$10.1b |
$11.8b |
Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred million.
|
Gender |
Accounts |
Value |
|---|---|---|
|
Male |
55% |
59% |
|
Female |
39% |
38% |
|
Unknown |
6% |
3% |
Figures have been rounded to the nearest percentage. Totals may not align due to rounding.
If you believe you may have lost super, you can search for it.
Note: The super health check includes step-by-step instructions on how to search for lost and ATO held super on ATO online services through myGov. To start download the super health check (NAT 75486, PDF 204KB)This link will download a file