Key stats for 2023/24 | Ngā tatauranga matua o te 2023/24
Almost every New Zealander, at some point in their lives, will receive support from MSD
At the end of June 2024:
- 1,378,800 New Zealanders were receiving income support
As at 30 June 2024:
- 380,900 people were receiving a main benefit
- 912,400 people were receiving New Zealand Superannuation
- MSD provided support to people to get into housing, which contributed to 1,900 fewer people on the Public Housing Register than the year before
- 196,400 people were receiving Jobseeker Support
- 2,100 households were in Emergency Housing
In 2023/24, MSD:
- answered 3,893,500 calls
- processed 242,600 Student Loan and Student Allowance applications
- supported 71,700 people into work and off a benefit
- funded community support services accessed by 136,200 people
