Find out about Lambeth and the people that live there

From seeing what matters to our residents and businesses to understanding the economic and social makeup of the borough, have a look at the research below showing insights about the borough and the people who live there. We use this evidence to inform how we commission outcomes, develop strategies and run services.

What we know about the borough

Our State of the Borough 2016 provides an overview of the social context, the population and its changing nature, household composition, tenure & affordability, breakdown of residents by equality characteristics, poverty & deprivation, health & life expectancy, crime and the economic situation.

You can find previous State of the Borough reports for:

2014 2012 2011

How Lambeth compares

If you want to know how the services you use perform against other councils, you can use the LG Inform tool which provides up-to-date published data about Lambeth and its performance, as well as of other councils across the country, where that data can be benchmarked with other local authorities.