Lambeth

Borough · London · United Kingdom

South London borough from the South Bank and Waterloo down through Kennington, Brixton and Clapham to Streatham. Lively, diverse and well connected.

Median rent, 2-bed home£2,250 per month
Price level£££££
Good forNightlifeEasy commute
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Overview

Good for

Young professionals; nightlife, markets and commons

Watch out for

High rents in Clapham; busy main roads

Neighborhoods

  • Brixton
  • Clapham
  • Stockwell
  • Vauxhall
  • Streatham
  • Kennington
  • Waterloo

Rent

The median monthly rent of a two-bedroom home in Lambeth was £2,250 in 2025/26, 11% above the London average. It is the 10th most expensive of 33 boroughs.

Home sizeMedian rent / month
Room£751
Studio£1,400
1 bedroom£1,825
2 bedrooms£2,250
3 bedrooms£3,000
4+ bedrooms£4,000

Median monthly rent of two-bedroom homes let privately, as recorded by Rent Officers (ONS). Rents vary a lot by street and building, and ONS advises caution when comparing areas because the sample is not random. Source: ONS – Private rental market in London, April 2025 to March 2026.

Rent by postcode district in Lambeth

Median monthly rent recorded in each postcode district (ONS). Districts are placed in the borough that contains their centre and often spill into neighbouring boroughs; small samples make these figures rougher than the borough ones.

DistrictIncludes (wards)1 bedroom2 bedrooms3 bedrooms
SE11Kennington, Newington, Oval, St George's, Vauxhall, Waterloo & South Bank£1,800£2,350£3,050
SE24Brixton Windrush, Camberwell Green, Champion Hill, Dulwich Village, Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction, St Martin's£1,650£2,000£2,300
SE27Gipsy Hill, Knight's Hill, St Martin's, West Dulwich£1,525£1,800£2,225
SW2Brixton Acre Lane, Brixton Rush Common, Brixton Windrush, Clapham Park, Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction, St Martin's£1,650£2,150£3,000
SW4Balham, Brixton Acre Lane, Clapham Common & Abbeville, Clapham East, Clapham Park, Clapham Town£2,000£2,400£3,200
SW8Battersea Park, Clapham Town, Nine Elms, Oval, Shaftesbury & Queenstown, Stockwell West & Larkhall£2,225£2,500£3,050
SW9Brixton Acre Lane, Brixton North, Brixton Windrush, Clapham East, Clapham Town, Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction£1,850£2,300£3,238
SW16Bensham Manor, Furzedown, Graveney, Knight's Hill, Longthornton, Norbury Park£1,500£1,750£2,300
Rent £/month (2-bed)
  1. 1,550–1,700
  2. 1,700–1,800
  3. 1,800–2,000
  4. 2,000–2,350
  5. 2,350–3,563

Who lives here

Who lives hereLambethLondon
Population317,6518,799,725
One-person households32.0%29.3%
Children under 1514.4%18.1%
Aged 15–2413.1%12.3%
Aged 65 and over8.6%11.9%
Social housing rentals33.6%23.1%
Private rentals31.4%30.0%
Owner-occupied homes34.8%46.8%

Source: ONS – Census 2021 (Nomis: TS007A, TS054, TS003) (2021).

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Getting around

  • Victoria and Northern lines; trains from Waterloo, Vauxhall and Clapham

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