2026 Volunteering NZ - Web Capture - Volunteering Statistics (Stats NZ GSS 2023)
Volunteering New Zealand
Publisher: Volunteering New Zealand / Stats NZ
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July 2026
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Short Answer
Stats NZ 2023 General Social Survey volunteering figures, as compiled by Tūao Aotearoa Volunteering New Zealand: 53.0% of New Zealanders volunteered (up from 50.7% in 2021).
Key Points
- •53.0% of New Zealanders volunteered in 2023 (GSS), up from 50.7% in 2021.
- •Organisation-based (formal) volunteering fell to 27.6% (from 30.2% in 2021).
- •Direct volunteering for another person rose to 40.8% (from 36% in 2021).
- •231 million formal volunteer hours annually, worth ~$6.4B at the living wage.
- •Core PiP evidence: willingness rising, formal reach falling.
Full Summary & Notes
Stats NZ 2023 General Social Survey volunteering figures, as compiled by Tūao Aotearoa Volunteering New Zealand: 53.0% of New Zealanders volunteered (up from 50.7% in 2021). Of those, 27.6% volunteered through an organisation (down from 30.2% in 2021) while 40.8% volunteered directly for another person (up from 36%). Formal volunteers contribute about 231 million hours annually, valued at $6.4 billion at the living wage ($27.80/hr). Volunteers are most likely aged 45-64, female, European or Māori. Relevant to the PiP idea: this is the hard evidence behind the core thesis - willingness to help is rising while organisation-based volunteering is falling, which is precisely the gap a neutral volunteer funnel app addresses.
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