Social housing in Lambeth
33.6% of households in Lambeth are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is well above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Lambeth?
Lambeth ranks 8th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 134,721 households, 45,245 are social homes (33.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Lambeth compare with the UK average?
At +16.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Lambeth sits well above the national level. It is among the highest shares in the country.
Lambeth at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Lambeth.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Lambeth has 103 schools — 95 state-funded and 8 independent. That includes 56 primary and 15 secondary schools. Of the 39 with a published Ofsted grade, 85% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 193 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Lambeth, offering about 7,333 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Lambeth sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 8% of its 181 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £7,461 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Lambeth
See Lambeth through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).