Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank

Lambeth · London · population 9,394 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

44Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,823 of 6,856 in England
  • #447 of 1,002 in London
  • #11 of 35 in Lambeth
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,565
Median age (est.)31
Density7,465per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above55%
No car or van73%

Age

0–14 9%15–24 25%25–44 36%45–64 19%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 11%Social rent: 37%Private rent: 41%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 11%Social rent 37%Private rent 41%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 10%Lone parent: 10%Other: 23%
One person 41%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 10%Lone parent 10%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 37% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional37%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors15%
Elementary8%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 54%Asian: 19%Black: 15%Mixed: 6%Other: 5%
White 54%Asian 19%Black 15%Mixed 6%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 40% · No religion 38% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 51%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,823 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 35 in Lambeth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (70) but weak on Living environment (11). Typical homes here sold for about £597,500 over the past year, down 36% across five years (from 70 sales), 12% above the wider Lambeth median of £535,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,891 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 563 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 56 · #2,994
Employment 63 · #2,555
Education 70 · #2,082
Health 40 · #4,125
Crime 30 · #4,824
Housing & access 22 · #5,338
Living environment 11 · #6,099

House prices ?

£597,500median (12m) · +1.3% yr · n=70
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£597,50070+1.3%-36.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£1,380,00012+8.0%+32.1%
Flat£550,00057+2.3%-41.1%
This area£597,500
Lambeth£535,000
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£50,891±£7,410 · #915 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£46,319
Price-to-income ?11.7×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

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Recorded crime ?

563 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 5,285 offences
Lambeth120
London102
England83

Rank #6,411 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences1,115
Theft3,171
Burglary127
Vehicle crime42
Criminal damage & arson182
Public order & weapons303
Drugs101
Robbery214
Other30

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 1,031 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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