Infographic - Quarterly Superannuation Industry publication September 2024 accessible version

This infographic is from the Quarterly Superannuation Industry Publication.

Box 1 - Totals

As at 30 September 2024, total member assets of the Superannuation Industry were $2.49 trillion^, spread across 972 superannuation products and 22.9 million member accounts.
Of the 972 superannuation products, 57 were MySuper products*, 801 were Choice products and 114 were defined benefit products.
Of the $2.49 trillion of member assets, $1,044 billion were in MySuper products, $1,301 billion were in Choice products and $147 billion were in Defined Benefit products.
Of the 22.9 million member accounts, 14.8 million were in MySuper products, 7.4 million were in Choice products and 0.7 million were in Defined benefit products.

Box 2 – Choice products

Of the 801 Choice products,457 were Accumulation products, 122 were Transition to Retirement products and 222 were Retirement products.
Of the $1,301 billion of member assets in Choice products, $812 billion were in accumulation products, $14 billion were in Transition to retirement products and $475 billion were in Retirement products.
Of the 7.4 million member accounts in Choice products, 6.0 million were in accumulation products, 0.1 million were in Transition to retirement products and 1.3 million were in Retirement products.

Box 3 – Average member account balances

MySuper members had an average account balance of $71k.
Choice accumulation members has an average account balance of $135k.
Choice transition to retirement members had an average account balance of $226k.
Choice retirement members had an average account balance of $364k.
Defined benefit members had an average account balance of $204k.

Box 4 – Choice product Investment Option Breakdown

There were 33,506 choice single sector investment options making up 28.8% of member assets in choice products.
There were 12,677 choice multi-sector investment options, making up 66.3% of member assets in choice products.
There were 116,430 choice direct assets investment options, making up 4.9% of member assets in choice products.

Box 5 - Investments via platform products

Investments via platform products represented $362.7 billion or 27.9% in choice member assets.

Box 6 - Member Accounts and Average Balance by Age

This chart shows the number of member accounts and average member balance between age brackets under 25 years of age and over 85 years of age.

Footnotes

^{^}Data is current as at 30 September 2024 and covers all APRA regulated superannuation entities with more than four members. Product composition data excludes Exempt Public Sector Superannuation Scheme entities.