Subdivisions of Belfast

The city's subdivisions reflect the divided nature of Northern Ireland as a whole, with areas tending to be highly segregated, especially in working-class neighbourhoods.

Walls known as peace lines, originally erected by the British Army after August 1969, divide fourteen inner city neighbourhoods.

The electoral wards of Belfast are subdivisions of the city, used primarily for statistics and elections.

Wards are the smallest administrative unit in Northern Ireland and are set by the Local Government Boundaries Commissioner and reviewed every 8–10 years.

The current DEAs are: Belfast's electoral wards are used to create constituencies for elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.