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Super fund statistics

Last updated 25 May 2023

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

Super funds summary table and chart

Chart 15: Super funds net tax, by fund type, 2019–20 income year

Chart 15 shows the distribution of super fund net tax, by fund type, for the 2019–20 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 didn't 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, 2017–18 to 2019–20 income years

Fund type

2017–18

2018–19

2019–20

Income
($m)

Deduction
($m)

Income
($m)

Deduction
($m)

Income
($m)

Deduction
($m)

Corporate fund

7,740

2,125

6,660

1,967

7,575

3,362

Industry fund

84,862

27,368

90,899

28,120

102,606

49,072

Retail fund

34,372

7,365

35,365

7,355

37,221

7,129

Public sector fund

21,145

5,583

24,035

6,869

26,808

9,378

Small APRA fund

66

12

72

12

56

11

Self-managed super fund

26,325

5,523

28,217

5,841

25,935

5,932

Non-regulated fund

1

<1

2

1

2

1

Other funds

19,231

3,405

17,578

3,509

22,082

7,200

Total

193,741

51,382

202,828

53,674

222,285

82,085

In this table, Other funds include:

  • eligible rollover funds
  • approved deposit funds
  • pooled super trusts
  • funds which didn't nominate a fund type.

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

Super funds detailed tables

Table index:External Link Detailed tables index

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

Table 1:External Link Selected items, for APRA regulated and other funds, for income years 1989–90 to 2019–20

Table 1A: Selected items for the 1989–90 to 2019–20 income years

Table 1B: Counts, averages and medians for the 2012–13 to 2019–20 income years

Table 2:External Link Selected items, for self-managed superannuation funds, for income years 2000–01 to 2019–20

Table 2A: Selected items for the 2000–01 to 2019–20 income years

Table 2B: Counts, averages and medians for the 2012–13 to 2019–20 income years

Table 3:External Link Selected items, by fund type and taxable income, 2010–11 to 2019–20 income years

Table 3A: Selected items for the 2019–20 income year

Table 3B: Key items for the 2010–11 to 2019–20 income years

Table 4:External Link Selected items, by fund type and total income, 2019–20 income year

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