Report – The power of super: Building wealth for everyday Australians

Over the past two decades, middle Australia has seen the biggest relative growth in its overall wealth than in any previous era in our country’s history. This is in part because millions of everyday Australians are now major shareholders in the success of our national economy via their super.

Today, Australians hold an ownership stake and profit share in large-scale investment assets including airports, seaports, electricity distributors, toll roads and data centres – as well as owning shares in Australian companies. In retirement, this means middle Australia is on track to have much higher living standards, stronger financial security, and more flexibility and choices than any past generation.

This report, as part of our Super in the economy series, explores in more detail the role of super in our national story of individual and collective wealth creation.