According to the 2012 census, the population of the district was 80,573, having shown a slow but steady increase over the past ten years.

Shoppers flock to the city's dozens of stores and to Castries Market for fruits, vegetables and handicrafts.

Sightseers admire murals painted by a local artist inside Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, and relax in Derek Walcott Square, named for the St. Lucian Nobel Prize–winning poet.

Atop Morne Fortune (Hill of Good Luck) – where the French and English battled over control of the island – visitors take in panoramic vistas.

[1] The Castries District is divided into the following electoral constituencies represented in the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia:[10]