Super Statistics
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Total superannuation assets
Total superannuation assets were $4.1 trillion at the end of the March 2025 quarter, decreasing by 0.8 per cent over the quarter.
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MySuper assets
MySuper products had an aggregate $1,075 billion in assets, spread across 57 MySuper products as at the December 2024 quarter.
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Employer contributions
Employer contributions totalled $36.7 billion for the quarter and $147.1 billion for the year ending in March 2025, a 10.3 per cent increase compared to the previous year. This is in part due to the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) rate increase to 11.5 per cent from 1 July 2024, employment growth and higher wage growth.
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Member contributions
Member contributions were $10.1 billion for the quarter and $55.7 billion for the year ending March 2025, 26.9 per cent higher than the previous year.
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Benefit payments
Benefit payments totalled $30.6 billion for the quarter and $127.5 billion for the year ending March 2025, a 11.6 per cent increase compared to the year to March 2024.
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Rate of return
The rate of return (ROR) for entities with more than six members was 5.0 per cent for the year to March 2025. The five-year average annualised ROR was 8.1 per cent.
Superannuation statistics snapshot
For an overview of superannuation statistics including asset allocation, manner of investment, mean and median balances, benefit structure, assets as percentage of GDP, MySuper funds, projected assets and investment returns etc, ASFA’s Super Stats page is a convenient and informative resource.
