Self-managed super fund quarterly statistical report – March 2019

• Explanatory notes on statistics used
• Population and asset allocation tables
• Annual SMSF population analysis tables
• March 2019 quarter establishment tables

We publish quarterly statistical reports for the self-managed super fund (SMSF) market. This report has been developed taking into account valuable feedback from the superannuation industry.

The information in this report includes:

• SMSF population and asset allocation tables              
  • population of SMSFs and members
  • asset allocation (break-up of assets into various classes)  
• Annual SMSF population analysis tables              
  • asset allocation by asset value of the fund
  • membership sizes (SMSFs with one, two, three or four members)
  • demographics (state break-up of SMSFs, members and assets)
  • member demographics (age and income of members)
  • total asset ranges (distribution of SMSFs by the asset size of SMSFs and the assets held)
  • average and median assets (per member and per SMSF)
  • flow of funds (contributions, transfers, benefits and expenses)  
• SMSF quarterly establishment tables      
  • demographics (state break-up of SMSFs)
  • member demographics (age of new members)
  • member demographics (income range of new members)  

See also

• A number of tables no longer report historical data from before 2014 – to view all data from before 2014, refer to historical data.
• The data tables can be accessed in XLS format. To access the data tables for March 2019 in XLS format – see Appendix 1 (XLXS 165KB)This link will download a file
• We also produce an annual SMSF statistical publication – see Self-managed super funds: a statistical overview 2015–16.