 Within the framework of administrative divisions, Slobodskoy serves as the administrative center of Slobodskoy District, even though it is not a part of it.As an administrative division, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated separately as the Town of Slobodskoy—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.As a municipal division, the Town of Slobodskoy is incorporated as Slobodskoy Urban Okrug.