{"_about": "The Missing Money Index, Northern Ireland: claimants (Department for Communities, NISRA table BSLGD) per person in the group the benefit is for (Census 2021, NISRA), by Local Government District, as an index where 100 is the Northern Ireland rate. A take-up index, not an eligibility count. Our arithmetic on two official sources. Open Government Licence sources; our table CC BY 4.0, link back to https://peoplespocket.com/missing-money-index-ni", "year": "2025", "census": 2021, "generated": "2026-10-15", "pairs": [{"key": "attendance-allowance", "payment": "Attendance Allowance", "base_label": "people aged 65 and over whose day-to-day activities are limited a lot", "base_source": "Census 2021, table C21010LGD (long-term health problem or disability, limited a lot, ages 65-74 and 75+)", "means": "No means test", "caveat": "Attendance Allowance starts at State Pension age (66) and the Census band at 65; a person can qualify without describing their activities as limited a lot", "value_note": "the lower rate, £76.70 a week", "claimants_source": "DfC via NISRA, table BSLGD, 2025", "national_rate": 0.7088, "national_claimants": 64160, "national_base": 90519, "value_per_person_year": 3988.4, "councils": [{"code": "N09000003", "council": "Belfast", "claimants": 9470, "base": 17348, "rate": 0.5459, "index": 77, "short_of_national": 2826, "value_if_takeup": 11271218}, {"code": "N09000005", "council": "Derry City and Strabane", "claimants": 4860, "base": 7717, "rate": 0.6298, "index": 89, "short_of_national": 610, "value_if_takeup": 2432924}, {"code": "N09000001", "council": "Antrim and Newtownabbey", "claimants": 4690, "base": 6668, "rate": 0.7034, "index": 99, "short_of_national": 36, "value_if_takeup": 143582}, {"code": "N09000002", "council": "Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon", "claimants": 6920, "base": 9655, "rate": 0.7167, "index": 101, "short_of_national": -77, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000009", "council": "Mid Ulster", "claimants": 4570, "base": 6332, "rate": 0.7217, "index": 102, "short_of_national": -82, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000006", "council": "Fermanagh and Omagh", "claimants": 4190, "base": 5679, "rate": 0.7378, "index": 104, "short_of_national": -165, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000007", "council": "Lisburn and Castlereagh", "claimants": 4730, "base": 6417, "rate": 0.7371, "index": 104, "short_of_national": -182, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000010", "council": "Newry Mourne and Down", "claimants": 6290, "base": 8256, "rate": 0.7619, "index": 107, "short_of_national": -438, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000008", "council": "Mid and East Antrim", "claimants": 5410, "base": 6772, "rate": 0.7989, "index": 113, "short_of_national": -610, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000011", "council": "Ards and North Down", "claimants": 7080, "base": 8597, "rate": 0.8235, "index": 116, "short_of_national": -986, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000004", "council": "Causeway Coast and Glens", "claimants": 5950, "base": 7078, "rate": 0.8406, "index": 119, "short_of_national": -933, "value_if_takeup": null}]}, {"key": "carers-allowance", "payment": "Carer's Allowance", "base_label": "people giving 20 or more hours of unpaid care a week", "base_source": "Census 2021, table TS018 (provision of unpaid care, 20-49 and 50+ hours)", "means": "Not means-tested, but an earnings limit applies", "caveat": "the payment needs 35 hours a week; the Census bands split at 20 and 50, so the group is wider than the rule; carers over State Pension age often have an underlying entitlement but no payment", "value_note": "£86.45 a week", "claimants_source": "DfC via NISRA, table BSLGD, 2025", "national_rate": 0.6373, "national_claimants": 77390, "national_base": 121437, "value_per_person_year": 4495.400000000001, "councils": [{"code": "N09000007", "council": "Lisburn and Castlereagh", "claimants": 4230, "base": 8663, "rate": 0.4883, "index": 77, "short_of_national": 1291, "value_if_takeup": 5803561}, {"code": "N09000001", "council": "Antrim and Newtownabbey", "claimants": 4990, "base": 9419, "rate": 0.5298, "index": 83, "short_of_national": 1013, "value_if_takeup": 4553840}, {"code": "N09000011", "council": "Ards and North Down", "claimants": 5710, "base": 10743, "rate": 0.5315, "index": 83, "short_of_national": 1136, "value_if_takeup": 5106774}, {"code": "N09000008", "council": "Mid and East Antrim", "claimants": 4880, "base": 8747, "rate": 0.5579, "index": 88, "short_of_national": 694, "value_if_takeup": 3119808}, {"code": "N09000002", "council": "Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon", "claimants": 8420, "base": 13367, "rate": 0.6299, "index": 99, "short_of_national": 99, "value_if_takeup": 445045}, {"code": "N09000010", "council": "Newry Mourne and Down", "claimants": 7960, "base": 11985, "rate": 0.6642, "index": 104, "short_of_national": -322, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000003", "council": "Belfast", "claimants": 15350, "base": 23021, "rate": 0.6668, "index": 105, "short_of_national": -679, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000006", "council": "Fermanagh and Omagh", "claimants": 4710, "base": 6902, "rate": 0.6824, "index": 107, "short_of_national": -311, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000004", "council": "Causeway Coast and Glens", "claimants": 6200, "base": 8914, "rate": 0.6955, "index": 109, "short_of_national": -519, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000009", "council": "Mid Ulster", "claimants": 6260, "base": 8833, "rate": 0.7087, "index": 111, "short_of_national": -631, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000005", "council": "Derry City and Strabane", "claimants": 8680, "base": 10843, "rate": 0.8005, "index": 126, "short_of_national": -1770, "value_if_takeup": null}]}, {"key": "pension-credit", "payment": "Pension Credit", "base_label": "people aged 66 and over", "base_source": "Census 2021, table C21002LGD (single year of age)", "means": "Means-tested", "caveat": "most pensioners are above the income limit, so the national rate is low; a council below the national rate may be better off, or missing out", "value_note": "varies by household; DWP puts the average award at about £4,300 a year", "claimants_source": "DfC via NISRA, table BSLGD, 2025", "national_rate": 0.1959, "national_claimants": 59980, "national_base": 306169, "value_per_person_year": null, "councils": [{"code": "N09000007", "council": "Lisburn and Castlereagh", "claimants": 2890, "base": 24644, "rate": 0.1173, "index": 60, "short_of_national": 1938, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000011", "council": "Ards and North Down", "claimants": 4110, "base": 34229, "rate": 0.1201, "index": 61, "short_of_national": 2596, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000008", "council": "Mid and East Antrim", "claimants": 3720, "base": 25679, "rate": 0.1449, "index": 74, "short_of_national": 1311, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000001", "council": "Antrim and Newtownabbey", "claimants": 3450, "base": 23579, "rate": 0.1463, "index": 75, "short_of_national": 1169, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000002", "council": "Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon", "claimants": 6460, "base": 32861, "rate": 0.1966, "index": 100, "short_of_national": -22, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000004", "council": "Causeway Coast and Glens", "claimants": 5030, "base": 25677, "rate": 0.1959, "index": 100, "short_of_national": 0, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000006", "council": "Fermanagh and Omagh", "claimants": 4420, "base": 20036, "rate": 0.2206, "index": 113, "short_of_national": -495, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000010", "council": "Newry Mourne and Down", "claimants": 6280, "base": 28336, "rate": 0.2216, "index": 113, "short_of_national": -729, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000009", "council": "Mid Ulster", "claimants": 5080, "base": 21137, "rate": 0.2403, "index": 123, "short_of_national": -939, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000003", "council": "Belfast", "claimants": 11910, "base": 47427, "rate": 0.2511, "index": 128, "short_of_national": -2619, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000005", "council": "Derry City and Strabane", "claimants": 6630, "base": 22564, "rate": 0.2938, "index": 150, "short_of_national": -2210, "value_if_takeup": null}]}, {"key": "pip", "payment": "Personal Independence Payment", "base_label": "people aged 16 to 64 with a long-term condition that limits their day-to-day activities", "base_source": "Census 2021, table C21010LGD (limited a lot or a little, ages 16-64)", "means": "No means test", "caveat": "PIP is awarded on how a condition affects daily life and mobility, which the Census question does not measure exactly", "value_note": "the daily living component, lower rate, £76.70 a week", "claimants_source": "DfC via NISRA, table BSLGD, 2025", "national_rate": 0.8922, "national_claimants": 219610, "national_base": 246132, "value_per_person_year": 3988.4, "councils": [{"code": "N09000007", "council": "Lisburn and Castlereagh", "claimants": 12370, "base": 16065, "rate": 0.77, "index": 86, "short_of_national": 1964, "value_if_takeup": 7833218}, {"code": "N09000011", "council": "Ards and North Down", "claimants": 15770, "base": 19798, "rate": 0.7965, "index": 89, "short_of_national": 1895, "value_if_takeup": 7558018}, {"code": "N09000008", "council": "Mid and East Antrim", "claimants": 14470, "base": 17861, "rate": 0.8101, "index": 91, "short_of_national": 1466, "value_if_takeup": 5846994}, {"code": "N09000001", "council": "Antrim and Newtownabbey", "claimants": 15410, "base": 18320, "rate": 0.8412, "index": 94, "short_of_national": 936, "value_if_takeup": 3733142}, {"code": "N09000004", "council": "Causeway Coast and Glens", "claimants": 16250, "base": 18971, "rate": 0.8566, "index": 96, "short_of_national": 677, "value_if_takeup": 2700147}, {"code": "N09000002", "council": "Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon", "claimants": 22330, "base": 25820, "rate": 0.8648, "index": 97, "short_of_national": 708, "value_if_takeup": 2823787}, {"code": "N09000009", "council": "Mid Ulster", "claimants": 14890, "base": 16616, "rate": 0.8961, "index": 100, "short_of_national": -64, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000010", "council": "Newry Mourne and Down", "claimants": 20120, "base": 21959, "rate": 0.9163, "index": 103, "short_of_national": -527, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000003", "council": "Belfast", "claimants": 49670, "base": 53045, "rate": 0.9364, "index": 105, "short_of_national": -2341, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000006", "council": "Fermanagh and Omagh", "claimants": 13390, "base": 14266, "rate": 0.9386, "index": 105, "short_of_national": -661, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000005", "council": "Derry City and Strabane", "claimants": 24940, "base": 23411, "rate": 1.0653, "index": 119, "short_of_national": -4052, "value_if_takeup": null}]}, {"key": "state-pension", "payment": "State Pension", "base_label": "people aged 66 and over", "base_source": "Census 2021, table C21002LGD (single year of age)", "means": "Contributory", "caveat": "almost everyone over 66 claims it, so the councils should sit close to 100; where one does not, the population has moved since the 2021 Census", "value_note": "not a take-up question: shown as the method's own check", "claimants_source": "DfC via NISRA, table BSLGD, 2025", "national_rate": 1.0653, "national_claimants": 326160, "national_base": 306169, "value_per_person_year": null, "councils": [{"code": "N09000003", "council": "Belfast", "claimants": 49790, "base": 47427, "rate": 1.0498, "index": 99, "short_of_national": 734, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000001", "council": "Antrim and Newtownabbey", "claimants": 25190, "base": 23579, "rate": 1.0683, "index": 100, "short_of_national": -71, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000011", "council": "Ards and North Down", "claimants": 36290, "base": 34229, "rate": 1.0602, "index": 100, "short_of_national": 174, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000004", "council": "Causeway Coast and Glens", "claimants": 27300, "base": 25677, "rate": 1.0632, "index": 100, "short_of_national": 54, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000007", "council": "Lisburn and Castlereagh", "claimants": 26200, "base": 24644, "rate": 1.0631, "index": 100, "short_of_national": 53, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000009", "council": "Mid Ulster", "claimants": 22490, "base": 21137, "rate": 1.064, "index": 100, "short_of_national": 27, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000008", "council": "Mid and East Antrim", "claimants": 27270, "base": 25679, "rate": 1.062, "index": 100, "short_of_national": 86, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000002", "council": "Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon", "claimants": 35190, "base": 32861, "rate": 1.0709, "index": 101, "short_of_national": -183, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000006", "council": "Fermanagh and Omagh", "claimants": 21530, "base": 20036, "rate": 1.0746, "index": 101, "short_of_national": -186, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000010", "council": "Newry Mourne and Down", "claimants": 30420, "base": 28336, "rate": 1.0735, "index": 101, "short_of_national": -234, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000005", "council": "Derry City and Strabane", "claimants": 24490, "base": 22564, "rate": 1.0854, "index": 102, "short_of_national": -453, "value_if_takeup": null}]}, {"key": "esa", "payment": "Employment and Support Allowance", "base_label": "people economically inactive because long-term sick or disabled", "base_source": "Census 2021, table TS022 (economic activity, long-term sick or disabled)", "means": "Income-related ESA is means-tested; contributory ESA is not", "caveat": "people are moving from ESA to Universal Credit, so the national rate falls each year; the index compares councils in the same year", "value_note": "the support group rate, £145.90 a week", "claimants_source": "DfC via NISRA, table BSLGD, 2025", "national_rate": 0.7855, "national_claimants": 88460, "national_base": 112618, "value_per_person_year": 7586.8, "councils": [{"code": "N09000003", "council": "Belfast", "claimants": 19720, "base": 26781, "rate": 0.7363, "index": 94, "short_of_national": 1316, "value_if_takeup": 9984229}, {"code": "N09000005", "council": "Derry City and Strabane", "claimants": 9450, "base": 12831, "rate": 0.7365, "index": 94, "short_of_national": 629, "value_if_takeup": 4772097}, {"code": "N09000010", "council": "Newry Mourne and Down", "claimants": 7970, "base": 10399, "rate": 0.7664, "index": 98, "short_of_national": 198, "value_if_takeup": 1502186}, {"code": "N09000009", "council": "Mid Ulster", "claimants": 5910, "base": 7623, "rate": 0.7753, "index": 99, "short_of_national": 78, "value_if_takeup": 591770}, {"code": "N09000002", "council": "Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon", "claimants": 9360, "base": 11677, "rate": 0.8016, "index": 102, "short_of_national": -188, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000004", "council": "Causeway Coast and Glens", "claimants": 6890, "base": 8625, "rate": 0.7988, "index": 102, "short_of_national": -115, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000006", "council": "Fermanagh and Omagh", "claimants": 5330, "base": 6514, "rate": 0.8182, "index": 104, "short_of_national": -213, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000001", "council": "Antrim and Newtownabbey", "claimants": 6270, "base": 7563, "rate": 0.829, "index": 106, "short_of_national": -329, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000011", "council": "Ards and North Down", "claimants": 6390, "base": 7626, "rate": 0.8379, "index": 107, "short_of_national": -400, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000007", "council": "Lisburn and Castlereagh", "claimants": 4860, "base": 5748, "rate": 0.8455, "index": 108, "short_of_national": -345, "value_if_takeup": null}, {"code": "N09000008", "council": "Mid and East Antrim", "claimants": 6310, "base": 7231, "rate": 0.8726, "index": 111, "short_of_national": -630, "value_if_takeup": null}]}]}