In a survey conducted among active investors in Australia in 2021, approximately one fifth of respondents indicated that their current investment portfolio had a value below five thousand Australian dollars. Around ten percent of respondents said their portfolio has a value of between five and ten thousand Australian dollars.
Total investment portfolio value of investors in Australia in 2021
(in Australian dollars)
Respondents were active Australian retail investors who had made at least one transaction (trading securities, derivatives or cryptocurrency) since March 2020
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Participants ranged from 'recent investors' (started investing during or after March 2020) to 'moderately experienced investors' (started investing before March 2020, but less than five years ago) to 'most experienced investors' (five or more years of investing).
Survey question: " What is your investment portfolio worth in Australian dollars, in total across all of the products listed below? [For people that do not have an SMSF] Please note this includes investment properties but excludes your home (primary place of residence) and your superannuation. [For people that have an SMSF] Please note this includes investment properties and your self-managed super fund (SMSF) but excludes your home (primary place of residence) and any super outside of your SMSF. Your best estimate is fine. [Participants were shown a list of investment products, filtered
to just the ones they had indicated they currently owned]"
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ASIC. (August 11, 2022). Total investment portfolio value of investors in Australia in 2021 (in Australian dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1347003/australia-total-investment-portfolio-value-of-investors/
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ASIC. (2022). Total investment portfolio value of investors in Australia in 2021 (in Australian dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1347003/australia-total-investment-portfolio-value-of-investors/
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Total investment portfolio value of investors in Australia in 2021 (in Australian dollars) [Graph], ASIC, August 11, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1347003/australia-total-investment-portfolio-value-of-investors/