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Super fund statistics

Last updated 18 April 2022

Super funds data is taken from processed fund income tax returns and self-managed superannuation fund annual returns, based on income year reporting.

Super funds summary table and chart

Chart 15: Super funds net tax, by fund type, 2018–19 income year

Chart 15 shows the distribution of super fund net tax, by fund type, for the 2018–19 income year. The link below will take you to the data behind this chart as well as similar data back to the 2003–04 income year.

In this chart, Other funds include:

  • eligible rollover funds
  • approved deposit funds
  • pooled super trusts
  • funds which did not nominate a fund type.

Download data from the 2003–04 income year onward at Snapshot table 5External Link.

Table 14: Super funds income and deductions, by fund type, 2016–17 to 2018–19 income years

Fund type

2016–17

2017–18

2018–19

Income
($m)

Deduction
($m)

Income
($m)

Deduction
($m)

Income
($m)

Deduction
($m)

Corporate fund

8,941

2,509

7,740

2,125

6,660

1,967

Industry fund

74,801

21,346

84,862

27,368

90,899

28,120

Retail fund

29,645

7,579

34,372

7,365

35,365

7,355

Public sector fund

19,618

4,066

21,145

5,583

24,035

6,869

Small APRA fund

51

10

66

12

72

12

Self-managed super fund

19,375

4,236

26,325

5,523

28,217

5,841

Non-regulated fund

1

1

1

<1

2

1

Other funds

15,644

2,743

19,231

3,405

17,578

3,509

Total

168,076

42,490

193,741

51,382

202,828

53,674

In this table, Other funds include:

  • eligible rollover funds
  • approved deposit funds
  • pooled super trusts
  • funds which did not nominate a fund type.

Download data from the 2003–04 income year onward at Snapshot table 4External Link.

Super funds detailed tables

Table indexExternal Link: Detailed tables index

The table index lists the different items shown in the detailed tables and specifies in which table they appear.

Table 1External Link: Selected items, for APRA regulated and other funds, for income years 1989–90 to 2018–19

Table 1A: Selected items, for income years 1989–90 to 2018–19.

Table 1B: Counts, averages and medians of Selected items, for income years 2012–13 to 2018–19.

Table 2External Link: Selected items, for self-managed superannuation funds, for income years 2000–01 to 2018–19

Table 2A: Selected items, for income years 2000–01 to 2018–19.

Table 2B: Counts, averages and medians of Selected items, for income years 2012–13 to 2018–19.

Table 3External Link: Selected items, by fund type and taxable income, 2018–19 income year

Table 3A: Selected items, by fund type and taxable income, 2018–19 income year.

Table 3B: Key items, by fund type and taxable income, 2010–11 to 2018–19 income years.

Table 4External Link: Selected items, by fund type and total income, 2018–19 income year

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