are available at Belfast City Council (searchable) and at Belfast NI Gov Wiki (unofficial site). Council departments The council has seven departments. Demography The area covered by the current Belfast City Council has a population of 333,871 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census. The area covered by the old Belfast City Council before the 2015 local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland had a population of 280,962 residents according to the same census. In the 2011 census the distributions of population, religion, national identity and proportion of immigrants within the Belfast City Council area were as follows. See also Lord Mayor of Belfast High Sheriff of Belfast Local government in Northern Ireland List of parks in Northern Ireland List of public art in Belfast Notes References External links Belfast City Council Go To Belfast – Tourism Belfast City Council Minutes – unofficial wiki with annotated and cross-referenced minutes of meetings of Belfast City Council Belfast City Council, 1993 – 2005 District councils of Northern Ireland District councils of Northern Ireland, 1973–2015