Castle (District Electoral Area)

Castle is one of the ten district electoral areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the north of the city, the district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Bellevue, Cavehill, Chichester Park, Duncairn, Fortwilliam and Innisfayle. Castle, along with Oldpark district and parts of the Court district and Newtownabbey Borough Council, forms the Belfast North constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament. The district is bounded to the east by the Victoria Channel, to the north by Newtownabbey Borough Council and Belfast Lough, to the south by North Street and to the west by the Cavehill Road.

"Fortwilliam" redirects here. For places named Fort William, see Fort William (disambiguation).

Castle
Belfast City Council DEA constituency
Castle DEA marked on a map of Belfast City Council and its wards
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats6 (2014–)
Councillors
  •   Fred Cobain (DUP)
  •   Mal O'Hara (Green Party)
  •   Conor Maskey (SF
  •   Dean McCullough (DUP)
  •   Sam Nelson (APNI)
  •   Carl Whyte (SDLP)

The district takes its name from the current Belfast Castle, which is located on Cave Hill in the north of the district, while the southern section of the district is part of the city centre and forms one of Belfast's main cultural areas, known as the Cathedral Quarter. The east of the area also contains the Port of Belfast. Castle is served by the M2 and M5 motorways and the Yorkgate railway station.

Castle is one of the most mixed areas in the city, with just over half of the district's population being Protestant at the 2001 Census. There are a number of peace lines in the district, for example along the Whitewell Road.

History

Castle was created for the 1985 local elections. All six wards came from the former Area H, with only the Cliftonville ward and northern section of the Waterworks ward omitted from the new district. One of the district's six wards, Castleview, was renamed Innisfayle in 2014.

Amenities
Cavehill

Sport

Education

Wards
Belfast Castle
MapWardPopulation
(2011 Census)		CatholicProtestantOtherNo ReligionAreaDensityNI AssemblyUK ParliamentRef
1Bellevue4,91063.7%29.3%1.1%6%2.96 km21,659/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[1]
2Castleview4,72238.1%54.2%1.2%6.5%1.41 km23,349/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[2]
3Cavehill4,82057.1%37.7%0.9%4.3%3.41 km21,413/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[3]
4Chichester Park5,45274.3%17.2%1.6%6.9%0.95 km25,739/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[4]
5Duncairn4,90123.6%63.9%2.2%10.39.24 km2530/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[5]
6Fortwilliam4,56141.3%50.3%1.2%7.2%1.03 km24,428/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[6]
Castle29,36650.3%41.5%1.4%6.9%19 km21,546/km2

Councillors
The Big Fish sculpture
Election Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)
May 2022 Co-Option Sam Nelson
(Alliance)		 Carl Whyte
(SDLP)		 Fred Cobain (DUP) Mal O'Hara (Green) Conor Maskey (Sinn Féin) Dean McCullough
(DUP)
April 2020
co-option		 Nuala McAllister
(Alliance)
January 2020
co-option		 Guy Spence
(DUP)
2019 John Finucane

(Sinn Féin)

June 2017
defection		 Pat Convery
(SDLP/Independent)		 Lydia Patterson
(DUP)		 David Browne
(UUP)		 Mary Campbell
(Sinn Féin)
2014

See also

References
  1. "Ward Information for Bellevue ward 95GG08". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  2. "Ward Information for Castleview ward 95GG13". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  3. "Ward Information for Cavehill ward 95GG14". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  4. "Ward Information for Chichester Park ward 95GG16". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  5. "Ward Information for Duncairn ward 95GG20". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  6. "Ward Information for Fortwilliam ward 95GG24". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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