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.
High street businesses
Lambeth has 280 hairdressers and beauty salons, 125 pubs and bars, 265 licensed restaurants, 200 takeaways on the ONS business register (2025). Compare across the UK.
Rounded to the nearest 5, which is how ONS protects individual businesses from being identified.
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.
Common questions
What is the population of Lambeth?
316,920, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Lambeth local authority area. This page charts the full annual series back to 2001, so the figure sits in its twenty-year context rather than alone.
Is Lambeth growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 15.9% since 2001, from 273,372 to 316,920. The peak year in the series so far is 2019. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.