New releases of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) statistics on Stat-Xplore have adopted Census Output Area 2021 geographies since March 2026. This change replaces the 2011 geographies previously used for these statistics.
SMI is designed to help with interest payments on a claimant's mortgage and other eligible loans. To qualify, a member of the household must be in receipt of, or treated as receiving, one of the qualifying benefits.
The methodology for these statistics also includes a revision process. With each publication, the previous quarter’s breakdown of qualifying benefits from the latest quarter in the previous release will be revised.