Super funds

The data for this section is taken from processed tax returns, based on income year reporting.

This section has been broken down into the following parts:

• Super funds summary tables – the data most users want
• Super funds detailed tables – more complex data.

Super funds summary tables

• Table 14: Super funds, by fund type, 2014–15 to 2016–17 income years
• Table 15: Super funds income and deductions, by fund type, 2014–15 to 2016–17 income years

Table 14: Super funds, by fund type, 2014–15 to 2016–17 income years

Fund type	2014–15		2015–16		2016–17
	Funds (no.)	Net tax ($m)	Funds (no.)	Net tax ($m)	Funds (no.)	Net tax ($m)
Corporate fund	79	774	70	828	58	914
Industry fund	46	5,750	47	5,965	46	7,700
Retail fund	94	1,566	89	2,274	83	3,142
Public sector fund	30	1,978	31	2,159	30	2,287
Small APRA fund	2,445	7	2,252	5	2,080	6
Self-managed super fund	481,157	2,224	491,679	2,199	499,525	2,282
Non-regulated fund	58	<1	58	<1	44	<1
Other funds	60	1,477	56	1,576	53	1,852
Total	483,969	13,776	494,282	15,007	501,919	18,183

In this table Other funds include funds that nominated themselves as eligible rollover funds, approved deposit funds, pooled super trusts or did not nominate a fund type.

To access this data in Excel format, as well as similar data back to the 2002–03 income year, download Snapshot table 4External Link from data.gov.au.

Table 15: Super funds income and deductions, by fund type, 2014–15 to 2016–17 income years

Fund type	2014–15		2015–16		2016–17
	Income ($m)	Deduction ($m)	Income ($m)	Deduction ($m)	Income ($m)	Deduction ($m)
Corporate fund	8,312	2,854	8,806	3,016	8,941	2,509
Industry fund	64,462	23,883	71,851	30,309	74,801	21,346
Retail fund	17,460	6,118	22,100	6,444	29,645	7,579
Public sector fund	18,122	4,402	19,586	4,863	19,618	4,066
Small APRA fund	60	12	48	10	51	10
Self-managed super fund	18,384	3,572	18,562	4,231	19,375	4,236
Non-regulated fund	2	2	7	7	1	1
Other funds	13,935	3,209	15,460	4,441	15,644	2,743
Total	140,738	44,052	156,420	53,322	168,076	42,490

In this table Other funds include funds that nominated themselves as eligible rollover funds, approved deposit funds, pooled super trusts or did not nominate a fund type.

To access this data in Excel format, as well as similar data back to the 2003–04 income year, download Snapshot table 4External Link from data.gov.au.

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 2016–17

Table 1A shows selected items, for income years 1989–90 to 2016–17.

Table 1B shows selected counts, averages and medians, for income years 2012–13 to 2016–17.

Table 2External Link: Selected items, for self-managed superannuation funds, for income years 2000–01 to 2016–17

Table 2A shows selected items, for income years 2000–01 to 2016–17.

Table 2B shows selected counts, averages and medians, for income years 2012–13 to 2016–17.

Table 3External Link: Selected items, by fund type and taxable income, 2016–17 income year

Table 3A shows selected items, by fund type and taxable income, 2016–17 income year.

Table 3B shows selected items, by fund type and taxable income, 2010–11 to 2016–17 income years.

Table 4External Link: Selected items, by fund type and total income, 2016–17 income year