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Accommodation Supplement recipients: NZ data and downloads

Accommodation Supplement recipients was 363,309 in Jun 2026 qtr, down 4.8% on a year earlier.

Updated

Source: Ministry of Social Development (MSD). Last retrieved 10 October 2026.

Accommodation Supplement recipients
Accommodation Supplement recipients. Accommodation Supplement recipients, Jun 2012 qtr to Jun 2026 qtr, latest 363,309.0100,000200,000300,000400,0002012201420172019202220242026
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PeriodAccommodation Supplement recipients (number)
Jun 2026 qtr363,309
Mar 2026 qtr377,922
Dec 2025 qtr394,236
Sep 2025 qtr384,558
Jun 2025 qtr381,582
Mar 2025 qtr377,004
Dec 2024 qtr385,026
Sep 2024 qtr372,594
Jun 2024 qtr364,131
Mar 2024 qtr360,279
Dec 2023 qtr366,426
Sep 2023 qtr354,807
Jun 2023 qtr346,755
Mar 2023 qtr343,572
Dec 2022 qtr353,091
Sep 2022 qtr346,995
Jun 2022 qtr344,742
Mar 2022 qtr347,670
Dec 2021 qtr362,877
Sep 2021 qtr357,369
Full data: accommodation supplement
June 2026 quarterAccommodation Supplement recipients 363,309
Accommodation Supplement recipients. Accommodation Supplement recipients: 363,309 in Jun 2026 qtr.

Lines break at accounting-basis changes and missing periods. Source: Ministry of Social Development (MSD).

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Accommodation Supplement recipients: NZ data and downloads: definitions

The number of people receiving the Accommodation Supplement, help with rent, board or home-ownership costs, at the end of each quarter. Recipients include people in work as well as beneficiaries.

Accommodation Supplement recipients: NZ data and downloads: comparison limits

These affect how the figures can be compared.

  • Changes reflect housing costs, eligibility rules and income thresholds, not just need.

Accommodation Supplement recipients: NZ data and downloads: data by period

The latest ten periods for up to the first six series. Downloads contain every published observation.

PeriodAccommodation Supplement recipients
Jun 2026 qtr363,309
Mar 2026 qtr377,922
Dec 2025 qtr394,236
Sep 2025 qtr384,558
Jun 2025 qtr381,582
Mar 2025 qtr377,004
Dec 2024 qtr385,026
Sep 2024 qtr372,594
Jun 2024 qtr364,131
Mar 2024 qtr360,279

Accommodation Supplement recipients: NZ data and downloads: questions for your AI

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Accommodation Supplement recipients: NZ data and downloads: sources

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Organisation
Ministry of Social Development (MSD), Benefit fact sheets: national benefit tables
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Ministry of Social Development, Benefit fact sheets, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Figures compiled across releases by NZ in Numbers.
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data/raw/msd-benefits/2026-10-10_90cd8e7c8ff2.xlsx
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90cd8e7c8ff210ca9334eb035dfef3a39abdefe10365e5f7a6ccbd4291248f74
Retrieved
10 October 2026