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  • Lost super (fund-held)

    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 2 tables below show the total number of accounts and value by category of lost super (fund-held) at the end of the last 4 financial years.

    Lost super – fund-held: account numbers

    Category

    2019
    ('000)

    2020
    ('000)

    2021
    ('000)

    2022
    ('000)

    Lost uncontactable

    188

    241

    229

    218

    Lost inactive

    486

    193

    133

    130

    Total

    674

    434

    362

    349

    Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand. Totals may not align due to rounding.

    Lost super – fund-held: account values

    Category

    2019

    2020

    2021

    2022

    Lost uncontactable

    $3.8b

    $4.8b

    $5.0b

    $5.7b

    Lost inactive

    $12.7b

    $5.5b

    $4.2b

    $4.7b

    Total

    $16.5b

    $10.3b

    $9.2b

    $10.4b

    Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred million.

    If you believe you may have lost super, you can search for it.

      Last modified: 27 Feb 2023QC 37783