Infographic - Quarterly Superannuation Industry publication June 2026 accessible version

Superannuation
Published
9 September 2026

Box 1: Totals

  • As at 30 June 2026, total member assets of the Superannuation Industry were $2.98 trillion^, spread across 797 superannuation products and 23.6 million member accounts.
  • Of the 797 superannuation products, 50 were MySuper products*, 640 were Choice products and 104 were defined benefit products.
  • Of the $2.98 trillion of member assets, $1,243 billion were in MySuper products, $1,588 billion were in Choice products and $150 billion were in Defined Benefit products.
  • Of the 23.6 million-member accounts, 14.9 million were in MySuper products, 8.0 million were in Choice products and 0.7 million were in Defined benefit products.

Box 2: Choice products

  • Of the 640 Choice products, 390 were Accumulation products, 83 were Transition to Retirement products and 167 were Retirement products.
  • Of the $1,588 billion of member assets in Choice products, $983 billion were in accumulation products, $97 billion were in Transition to retirement products and $583 billion were in Retirement products.
  • Of the 8.0 million-member accounts in Choice products, 6.5 million were in accumulation products, 0.1 million were in Transition to retirement products and 1.5 million were in Retirement products.

Box 3: Average member account balances

  • MySuper members had an average account balance of $83k.
  • Choice accumulation members have an average account balance of $152k.
  • Choice transition to retirement members had an average account balance of $269k.
  • Choice retirement members had an average account balance of $400k.
  • Defined benefit members had an average account balance of $221k.

Box 4: Choice product Investment Option Breakdown

  • There were 16,941 choice single sector investment options making up 27.9% of member assets in choice products.
  • There were 7,468 choice multi-sector investment options, making up 67.5% of member assets in choice products.
  • There were 27,213 choice direct assets investment options, making up 4.6% of member assets in choice products.

Box 5: Investments via platform products

  • Investments via platform products represented $450.9 billion or 28.4% 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.

^Data is current as at 30 June 2026 and covers all APRA regulated superannuation entities with more than six members. Product composition data excludes Exempt Public Sector Superannuation Scheme entities.

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