Lambeth population, 2001–2024
Lambeth has an estimated population of 316,920 (mid-2024), up 15.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Lambeth local authority area.
316,920
population, mid-2024
+15.9%
since 2001
-0.4%
last 10 years
2019
peak year (329,513)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 316,920 | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 318,738 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 317,657 | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 317,691 | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 325,527 | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 329,513 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 328,923 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 327,227 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 326,613 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 322,881 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 318,196 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 314,375 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 310,449 | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 304,481 | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 297,650 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 294,050 | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 289,126 | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 284,964 | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 280,524 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 277,620 | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 274,262 | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 272,195 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 273,041 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 273,372 | — |
Food businesses
Lambeth has 406 takeaways, 796 restaurants and cafés and 166 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.51 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 12.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Lambeth local authority area (code E09000022), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.