Volunteer & Employment Intelligence

Workforce composition, volunteer engagement, and employment analytics across NZ charities

Key Finding: NZ charities report 131.4K volunteers and 430.7K paid staff. 1,838 charities are volunteer-powered (10+ volunteers). Average volunteer leverage ratio is 0.69x.

Total Volunteers

131.4K

Across all charities

Volunteer Hours/wk

1.2M

Weekly hours reported

Total Paid Staff

430.7K

Paid employees

Avg Cost/Employee

$53K

Annual per employee

Volunteer-Powered

1,838

10+ volunteers

Avg Vol. Leverage

0.69x

Vol hrs / staff hrs

Volunteers vs Paid Staff Over Time

Workforce by Revenue Size Band

Sector Breakdown

Sector	Charities	Volunteers	Paid Staff	Avg Vol Hrs/wk	Avg Cost/Employee	Vol. Leverage
Health	3,559	36.7K	65.8K	82.4	$65K	0.11x
Religion	4,248	31.4K	138.0K	70.2	$8K	0.05x
Education	4,398	17.6K	70.0K	39.1	$67K	0.06x
Other	1,942	13.1K	8.7K	32.4	$68K	0.18x
Social Services	1,587	10.8K	16.5K	47.8	$59K	0.11x
Arts & Culture	2,154	10.7K	117.0K	32.6	$4K	0.02x
Community Development	763	4.9K	8.6K	23.2	$30K	0.05x
Environment	536	4.4K	3.8K	104.7	$60K	0.37x
International Aid	130	1.0K	1.6K	100.3	$56K	0.20x
Animal Welfare	74	463	173	28.0	$56K	0.30x
Advocacy	70	298	399	32.5	$68K	0.14x
Sports & Recreation	31	83	45	17.9	$47K	0.31x

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#	Charity	Sector	Volunteers	Vol Hrs/wk	Staff	Cost/Employee	Vol. Leverage
1	The Priory In New Zealand of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem	Health	9,010	73,190	2,402	-	0.76x
2	The Order of St John Northern Region Trust Board	Health	3,184	20,197	788	-	0.64x
3	The Order Of St John South Island Region Trust Board	Health	3,136	30,848	623	-	1.24x
4	The Order of St John Central Region Trust Board	Health	2,648	22,012	671	-	0.82x
5	Keep New Zealand Beautiful Society Incorporated	Education	2,122	4,244	7	-	15.16x
6	The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia - Diocese of Wellington	Religion	2,053	49,276	398	-	3.10x
7	The Order of St John Northern Region (SI) Trust	Health	1,914	13,698	366	-	0.94x
8	The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Christchurch Parish Trust	Religion	1,680	3,270	65	-	1.26x
9	Business In The Community Limited	Community Development	1,630	185	7	-	0.66x
10	Rotary International District 9970 Incorporated	Arts & Culture	1,400	5,000	1	-	125.00x
11	St John Christchurch Area Committee	Health	1,355	3,445	2	-	43.06x
12	City Impact Church	Religion	1,130	4,360	160	-	0.68x
13	The Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Incorporated	Environment	1,038	10,385	571	-	0.45x
14	Diocese of Nelson (The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia)	Religion	1,010	2,181	99	-	0.55x
15	The Diocese Of Auckland	Religion	1,000	1,000	160	-	0.16x
16	IHC New Zealand Incorporated	Social Services	979	804	101	-	0.20x
17	Ai-Xin Society Hamilton Branch	Other	710	720	-	-	-
18	Toi Maori Aotearoa - Maori Arts New Zealand Charitable Trust	Arts & Culture	677	62	9	-	0.17x
19	Destiny Church Auckland Trust	Religion	600	4,500	16	-	7.03x
20	Refugee Services Aotearoa New Zealand	International Aid	527	1,216	85	-	0.36x
21	The Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch - The Catholic Parish of Burnside Trust	Religion	460	164	5	-	0.82x
22	Presbyterian Support East Coast	Religion	456	1,368	286	-	0.12x
23	St John Dunedin Area Committee	Health	438	1,539	2	-	19.24x
24	The Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch - The Catholic Parish of Papanui Trust	Religion	420	420	12	-	0.88x
25	Society of St Vincent de Paul Bay of Plenty Area Council	Social Services	416	1,870	10	-	4.67x
26	Celebration Centre Trust	Religion	364	827	82	-	0.25x
27	Te Horowhenua Trust	Education	355	163	40	-	0.10x
28	Society of St Vincent De Paul Nelson Tasman Area Council	Social Services	342	879	1	-	21.98x
29	NEW ZEALAND BIO-RECORDING NETWORK TRUST	Other	317	93	-	-	-
30	St John Nelson & Tasman Bays Area Committee	Health	311	1,561	2	-	19.51x
31	Women's Health League Incorporated	Health	300	1,200	-	-	-
32	Samoan Independent Seventh Day Adventist Church	Religion	300	6,000	22	-	6.82x
33	Otago Rural Fire Authority	Social Services	300	64	21	-	0.08x
34	Wai-Ora Trust	Health	300	2,000	7	-	7.14x
35	Annesbrook Church	Religion	294	732	18	-	1.02x
36	Culture Company Reading 4 U Incorporated	Arts & Culture	291	1,837	-	-	-
37	The Canterbury Branch of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc	Environment	281	725	53	-	0.34x
38	Hospice Southland Charitable Trust	Health	280	790	70	-	0.28x
39	Wellington Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Incorporated	Environment	277	923	75	-	0.31x
40	Social Innovation New Zealand	Health	270	200	-	-	-
41	St John Waimakariri Area Committee	Health	265	1,175	1	-	29.38x
42	St Francis of Hibiscus Coast Ecclesiastical Goods Trust	Religion	258	475	3	-	3.96x
43	Harbour Hospice Trust	Health	258	2,950	121	-	0.61x
44	Society of St Vincent de Paul Auckland North Area Council	Social Services	254	350	-	-	-
45	Hibiscus Hospice Charitable Trust	Religion	254	1,019	65	-	0.39x
46	Arohanui Hospice Service Trust	Health	250	1,250	107	-	0.29x
47	Southern Rural Fire Authority	Social Services	250	100	4	-	0.63x
48	The Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch - The Catholic Parish of Riccarton Trust	Religion	249	309	4	-	1.93x
49	Society of St Vincent De Paul Christchurch Area Council	Social Services	245	1,145	7	-	4.09x
50	Society of St Vincent de Paul Hamilton Area Council	Social Services	241	1,433	4	-	8.96x

Data sourced from Annual returns filed with Charities Services. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz.

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Data as at 1 Oct 2026 · refreshed weekly from the Charities Register data we hold