Castries North

Household population: 10530 (2022 census).

2010 household population: 11825 (2010 census).

Population change: -11.0% (2010-2022).

Private households: 4343 (2022 census).

Sex count: male: 5026; female: 5503 (2022 census). The subtotals differ from the printed total by one; reproduced as published.

Official 2025 result: 5,364 ballots cast against 12,706 published register entries; 42.2% published turnout; 85 rejected ballots.

George F. L. Charles Airport at Vigie supports regional passenger links and air cargo, with associated transport, aviation and visitor services.

Choc, Vide Bouteille, Bisee and Union support commercial, education, public-service and professional activity; suburban housing and commuting are also important.

Small construction, repair, retail, food and personal services likely form a substantial neighbourhood economy in La Clery, Carellie, Bois Patat and Morne Du Don.

The constituency contains both the regional airport and major approaches to the capital/north corridor; land-use, pedestrian safety, public transport and airport access must be planned together.

An April 2025 official tour documented works at Agard Playing Field, Morne Du Don retaining walls, Chase Gardens and Carellie HRDCs and Carellie Park, including roads, drainage, booths, courts and bus-shelter components at varying stages.

Castries North residents participated in a completed transformative-parenting workshop programme reported in February 2026; this is useful prevention/household support but no outcome evaluation was published.

No current health-facility, clinical-output or crime series was found at Castries North constituency level. Castries administrative-district totals cannot be safely allocated to this constituency.

risk: Vigie and Choc are exposed to coastal flooding, erosion, storm surge and wind, while low-lying road/airport access can be disrupted by extreme weather.; evidence status: B/D application of Castries climate-risk evidence to named local assets

risk: Bois Patat, Morne Du Don, Active Hill, Yorke Hill and other steep communities face slope, retaining-wall, drainage, access and emergency-evacuation risks.

risk: Airport-adjacent development creates noise, safety, traffic and land-use compatibility issues that were not quantified in the sources found.; evidence status: D planning hypothesis

George F. L. Charles Airport and proximity to the capital and north economic corridor.

Choc/Vigie coastal amenities and a mixed commercial, institutional and residential base.

Active community-facility, playing-field, park, drainage and retaining-wall investments.

Multiple HRDC/community spaces that can anchor skills, youth and family services.

Strong physical access to national institutions and jobs compared with more remote districts.

Recent constituency-development activity spans drainage, retaining walls, parks, HRDCs, playing fields and bus shelters rather than a single asset class.

Official sources clearly recognize the airport's dual passenger and cargo role, an important foundation for corridor planning.

Parenting support adds a social-prevention dimension to otherwise infrastructure-heavy programming.

Hillside access, retaining walls and drains can become chronic safety liabilities when funded as isolated constituency projects rather than through an inspected asset-management programme.

Population decline may signal smaller households, displacement, housing-market change or ageing: not necessarily reduced service need. The causes are unmeasured.

Airport and corridor benefits may bypass poorer hillside communities without safe connections, affordable transport and targeted skills/business support.

Very low electoral turnout relative to several other constituencies may warrant a civic-access diagnosis, while avoiding the unsupported assumption that it equals apathy.

The 2010 community ranking reported unemployment of 26.83% at Bois Patat and 20.49% at Active Hill versus 9.79% at Vide Bouteille and 3.65% at Almondale.