2019 Benefit Fact Sheets archive
Benefit Fact Sheets A4 Snapshot
The following A4 snapshot contains a summary of benefit, supplementary and hardship trends over the last five years.
High-level overview A3 Dashboard
The following A3 dashboards contain high-level overviews or benefit receipt as at the end of the relevant quarters.
Excel data tables
National level data tables
The following Excel data tables provide national level benefit numbers by main benefit groups, benefit sub-categories and a range of other selected client characteristics. The tables present benefit numbers at the end of the latest quarter, and for each quarter over the last five years.
The following shows the number of new benefits granted, existing benefits cancelled in the latest quarter, and for each quarter since September 2013 when the data series began.
The following provides information on sanctions imposed on benefits for failure to fulfil obligations in the latest quarter, and for each quarter since March 2014 when the data series began.
Work and Income Region data tables
Work and Income divides New Zealand into 11 administrative regions. The following Excel data tables present benefit data by main benefit groups, benefit sub-categories, supplementary and hardship assistance, and a range of other selected client characteristics. The tables present benefit numbers at the end of the latest quarter, and for each quarter over the last five years.
Supplementary and Hardship Assistance by region
The following shows the number (and amount) of supplementary and hardship assistance made in the latest quarter, and for each quarter over the last five years.
Regional Council data tables
New Zealand has 12 Regional Councils. There are also five unitary authorities (Gisborne, Marlborough, Tasman, Nelson City and the Chatham Islands) which combine regional and local councils into one organisation. The following Excel data tables present benefit data by main benefit groups, benefit sub-categories and a range of other selected client characteristics. There is no back-dated time series data because retrospective benefit numbers cannot be generated. The time series begins from September 2013.
Auckland Boards data tables
Auckland City is made up of 21 local government boards. Auckland City boundaries differ from the former Auckland regional council boundary and the boundaries of the territorial authorities which previously existed in the Auckland area. These statistics exclude clients for whom their current address information is insufficient to allow assignment of the client to a board area.
Data in the Auckland local board tables should therefore not be compared with data tables for Auckland regional council or for territorial authorities previously existing in the Auckland area.
The following Excel data tables present benefit data by main benefit groups, benefit sub-categories and a range of other selected client characteristics. There is no back-dated time series data because retrospective benefit numbers cannot be generated. The time series begins from September 2013.
Territorial Authorities (TA) data tables
New Zealand has 66 Territorial Authorities (TAs). The following Excel data tables present benefit data by main benefit groups, benefit sub-categories and a range of other selected client characteristics. There is no back-dated time series data because retrospective benefit numbers cannot be generated. The time series begins from September 2013.
Service Centre data tables
Work and Income has over 120 service centres nationwide. The following Excel data tables present benefit data by main benefit groups. The tables present benefit numbers at the end of the latest quarter. There is no back-dated time series data because retrospective benefit numbers cannot be generated.
New Zealand Superannuation and Veteran's Pension data tables
The following Excel data tables contain information about New Zealand Superannuation (NZS) and Veteran's Pension (VP) clients. It also includes numbers by Territorial Authority, and details regarding overseas NZS and VP expenditure.
CSV data tables
The following CSV data tables provide machine readable detailed national level benefit numbers, by main benefit groups, benefit sub-categories and a range of other selected characteristics. The tables cover working-age benefit data as well as New Zealand Superannuation and Veteran’s Pension (all ages). The tables present benefit numbers at the end of the latest quarter, and for each quarter over the last five years. Note in certain circumstances low numbers may potentially lead to individuals being identified. Due to these privacy concerns, numbers for some characteristics have been aggregated.
National level CSV data tables
All main benefits
New Zealand Superannuation/Veteran's Pension
Work and Income Region CSV data tables
All main benefits
