Ethnicity

thumb|Ethnic makeup of Lambeth by single year ages in 2021

Initial migration from the West Indies accounted for a significant part of the population since the mid 1950s onwards. In 1955, there was around an estimated 3,500 Afro-Caribbeans in Lambeth. Bt 1963, this had risen to around 10,000 Afro-Caribbeans.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"

! rowspan="3" |Ethnic Group

! colspan="14" |Year

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! colspan="2" |1966 estimations

! colspan="2" |1971 estimations

! colspan="2" |1981 estimations

! colspan="2" |1991 census

! colspan="2" |2001 census

! colspan="2" |2011 census

! colspan="2" |2021 census

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!White: Total

!–

!93.3%

!–

!86.2%

!189,718

!76.3%

!178,168

!69.4%

!166,058

!62.39%

!173,025

!57.09%

!174,778

!55%

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| style="text-align:left" | White British

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| 131,939|| 49.57%|| 118,250|| 39.02%

|119,395

|37.6%

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| style="text-align:left" | White Irish

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| 8,689|| 3.26%|| 7,456|| 2.46%

|6,828

|2.1%

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| style="text-align:left" | White Gypsy or Irish Traveller

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| –|| –|| 195|| 0.06%

|146

|0.0%

|-

|White: Roma

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|1,537

|0.5%

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| style="text-align:left" | Other White

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| 25,430|| 9.55%|| 47,124|| 15.55%

|46,872

|14.8%

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! style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Total

!–

!–

!–

!–

!10,663

!4.3%

!15,609

!6.1%!! 15,526 !! 5.83%!!20,938 !! 6.91%

!23,051

!7.3%

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| style="text-align:left" | British Indians

|–

|–

|–

|–

|4,328

|1.7%

|5,500

| 2.1%|| 5,316|| 2.00%|| 4,983|| 1.64%

|6,054

|1.9%

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| style="text-align:left" | British Pakistanis

|–

|–

|–

|–

|1,632

|0.6%

|2,120

| 0.8%|| 2,634|| 0.99%|| 3,072|| 1.01%

|3,868

|1.2%

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| style="text-align:left" | British Bangladeshis

|–

|–

|–

|–

|917

|0.4%

|1,646

| 0.6%|| 2,169|| 0.81%|| 2,221|| 0.73%

|2,502

|0.8%

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| style="text-align:left" | British Chinese

|–

|–

|–

|–

|2,104

|0.8%

|3,224

| 1.3%|| 3,362|| 1.26%|| 4,573|| 1.51%

|4,986

|1.6%

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| style="text-align:left" | Other Asian

|–

|–

|–

|–

|1,682

|0.7%

|3,119

| 1.2%|| 2,045|| 0.77%|| 6,089|| 2.01%

|5,641

|1.8%

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! style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: Total

!–

!–

!–

!–

!43,978

!17.7%

!56,793

!22.1%!! 68,554 !! 25.76%!!78,542 !! 25.91%

!76,145

!24%

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| style="text-align:left" | African

|–

|–

|–

|–

|10,883

|4.4%

|17,018

| 6.6%|| 30,836|| 11.59%|| 35,187|| 11.61%

|37,359

|11.8%

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| style="text-align:left" | Caribbean

|–

|5.2%

|–

|–

|27,564

|11.1%

|32,702

| 12.7%|| 32,139|| 12.07%|| 28,886|| 9.53%

|28,991

|9.1%

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| style="text-align:left" | Other Black

|–

|–

|–

|–

|5,531

|2.2%

|7,073

| 2.7%|| 5,579|| 2.10%|| 14,469|| 4.77%

|9,795

|3.1%

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! style="text-align:left" | Mixed or British Mixed: Total

!–

!–

!–

!–

!–

!–

!–

!–!! 12,854 !! 4.83%!!23,160 !! 7.64%

!25,630

!8%

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| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black Caribbean

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| 5,322|| 2.00%|| 8,302|| 2.74%

|8,348

|2.6%

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| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black African

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| 2,159|| 0.81%|| 4,301|| 1.42%

|4,006

|1.3%

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| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Asian

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| 2,100|| 0.79%|| 3,574|| 1.18%

|4,541

|1.4%

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| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: Other Mixed

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| 3,273 || 1.23%|| 6,983|| 2.30%

|8,735

|2.7%

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! style="text-align:left" | Other: Total

!–

!–

!–

!–

!4,331

!1.7%

!6,031

! 2.4%!! 3,177 !! 1.19%!!7,421 !! 2.45%

!18,046

!5.6%

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| style="text-align:left" | Other: Arab

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| –|| –|| 1,728|| 0.57%

|2,649

|0.8%

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| style="text-align:left" | Other: Any other ethnic group

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| 3,177|| 1.19%|| 5,693|| 1.88%

|15,397

|4.8%

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! style="text-align:left" | Ethnic minority: Total

!–

!6.7%

!–

!13.8%

!58,972

!23.7%

!78,433

!30.6%!! 100,111 !! 37.61%!!130,061 !! 42.91%

!142,872

!45%

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! style="text-align:left" | Total

!–

!100%

!–

!100%

!248,690

!100%

!256,601

!100%!! 266,169 !! 100.00%!!303,086 !! 100.00%

!317,650

!100%

|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"

! rowspan="3" |Ethnic Group

! colspan="3" |Ethnicity of Pupils in Lambeth

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!2000

!2014

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!Language

!1992

!2014

!2023

! colspan="2" | 2021

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!Number

!%

!Number

!%

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|style="text-align:left" | Christian || 160,944|| 53.1 || 138,714 || 43.7

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|style="text-align:left" | Buddhist || 2,963|| 1.0 || 2,437 || 0.8

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|style="text-align:left" | Hindu || 3,119|| 1.0 || 3,179|| 1.0

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|style="text-align:left" | Jewish || 1,134|| 0.4 || 1,344 || 0.4

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|style="text-align:left" | Muslim || 21,500|| 7.1 || 25,871|| 8.1

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|style="text-align:left" | Sikh || 440 || 0.1 || 527 || 0.2

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|style="text-align:left" | Other religion || 1,682|| 0.6 || 2,351|| 0.7

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|style="text-align:left" | No religion || 84,803|| 28.0 || 119,123 || 37.5

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|style="text-align:left" | Religion not stated || 26,501|| 8.7% || 24,110 || 7.6

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|style="text-align:left" | Total || 303,086 ||100.00 || 317,600 || 100.0

|}

Sexuality

Lambeth is the local authority with the highest relative gay or lesbian population in the UK, at 5.5%, with the borough containing the gay village of Vauxhall and the area around Clapham Common.

Arts

  • South London Theatre, a community theatre in West Norwood
  • National Theatre
  • Southbank Centre
  • Old Vic Theatre
  • Young Vic Theatre
  • Ballet Rambert
  • British Film Institute
  • Black Cultural Archives
  • Gasworks Gallery
  • Newport Street Gallery
  • Ovalhouse theatre
  • Cinema Museum
  • National Film Theatre

Transport

The borough covers London Waterloo railway station, the Waterloo tube station network and (until 2007) the London terminus for Eurostar.

National Rail service in Lambeth is provided by South Western Railway, Southeastern, Southern, Thameslink and London Overground.

Bridges and tunnels

thumb|right|alt=Aerial view of large railway station|[[London Waterloo railway station|Waterloo Station from the London Eye]]

thumb|right|alt=Round air-raid shelter, with a colourful mural|Stockwell War Memorial and shelter

  • Waterloo Bridge,
  • Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges
  • Lambeth Bridge
  • Westminster Bridge
  • Vauxhall Bridgethumb|alt=Modern rail bridge|[[Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges|Hungerford and Golden Jubilee Bridges, seen from the north]]

Railway stations

  • Brixton railway station
  • Gipsy Hill railway station
  • Herne Hill railway station
  • Loughborough Junction railway station
  • Streatham railway station
  • Streatham Common railway station
  • Streatham Hill railway station
  • Tulse Hill railway station
  • Vauxhall railway station
  • London Waterloo railway station
  • Waterloo East railway station
  • West Norwood railway station

London Overground stations

  • Clapham High Street railway station
  • Wandsworth Road railway station

Tube stations

  • Brixton tube station
  • Clapham Common tube station
  • Clapham North tube station
  • Lambeth North tube station
  • Nine Elms tube station
  • Oval tube station
  • Stockwell tube station
  • Vauxhall tube station
  • Waterloo tube station

Commuting

In March 2011, the primary forms of transport borough residents used to travel to work were the London Underground, metro, light rail or tram (21.4 percent of residents aged 16–74); bus, minibus or coach (10 percent); train (10 percent); automobile (8.6 percent); bicycle (5.7 percent), or walking (5.4 percent). A small percentage (3.2 percent) worked mainly at—or from—home.

Twinning

The borough and its predecessor have been twinned with the Vincennes district of Paris in France since 1955. Lambeth is also twinned with Bluefields, Nicaragua; Brooklyn, New York; and Spanish Town, Jamaica.

Coat of arms

The borough's coat of arms is that of the former Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth, with two gold stars (mullets) in the second and third quarters of the shield indicating the addition of the districts of Clapham and Streatham. Its motto is "Spectemur agendo" ("Let us be judged according to our conduct").

See also

  • List of districts in Lambeth
  • List of schools in Lambeth

References

  • Lambeth.gov.uk London Borough of Lambeth Official Website
  • electionmemory.com Independent Lambeth Council Elections Forum
  • General information on Lambeth parks and green spaces
  • Community Police Consultative Group for Lambeth Independent forum for community and statutory agencies to address community safety and policing issues.