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Council tax bands in Lambeth

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Lambeth has the ninth-largest share of flats and maisonettes (76.5%) and the tenth-lowest average number of bedrooms per home (2.20 bedrooms) of the 318 councils in England and Wales.

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA3B22C29D23E11F7G4H1FlatTerracedSemiColour shows the band, shape the typeA3B22C29D23E11F7G4H1FlatTerracedSemi

More than half are flats and maisonettes

Flats and maisonettes make up more than half of the homes in Lambeth; after them come terraced houses (17.1%), semi-detached houses (4.3%), detached houses (0.9%) and bungalows (0.4%). The typical home of each type sits in band F for detached houses, band F for semi-detached houses, band E for terraced houses, band D for bungalows and band C for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Southwark, followed by Hammersmith and Fulham and Wandsworth. The widest gap to the rest of London is in semi-detached houses: 7.8 points below the share there (12.1%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes76.5%BCDETerraced houses17.1%DEFGSemi-detached houses4.3%CDEFGDetached houses0.9%DEFGHBungalows0.4%BCDEF

Two bedrooms is the usual size

Two-bedroom homes (35.1%) are the most common size, then one-bedroom (30.1%) and three-bedroom (24.2%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band C with one bedroom, band C with two, band D with three, band E with four and band F with five. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 10.6%. A detached house here has 4.0 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.8.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom30.1%2 bedrooms35.1%3 bedrooms24.2%4 bedrooms7.1%5 bedrooms2.3%6+ bedrooms1.2%

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Lambeth gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 62.2%, with band C the largest single band (28.5%). The share in bands A and B, 25.8%, is 17.3 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across London it is 16.7%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, B, D, E, F, G, A and H. Band H, the top band, holds 1,180 homes, about one in every 127. Within London, the band mix closest to this one is that of Hackney.

Share of homes in each bandA3.4%B22.4%C28.5%D22.4%E11.3%F7.3%G4.0%H0.8%LambethLondonEngland

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: England36%Before19003%1900–191814%1919–193911%1945–196411%1965–19826%1983–199911%2000–20156%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England36%<19003%190014%191911%194511%19656%198311%20006%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (36.4%), between the wars (13.5%) and from 1945 to 1964 (11.4%). Some 9,680 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band E, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band C). Bands A and B take 5.4% of these newer homes and 27.2% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band D for homes built before 1900, band C for homes built between the wars and band B for those built from 1945 to 1964. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 910 homes (+0.61%). The busiest single year was 2018, with 1,710 homes recorded as built.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026CDEFGBuilt before 2016BCDEF

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Lambeth are Cherwell (14.7), Central Bedfordshire (14.9) and Braintree (16.2); the furthest within London is the City of London (104.0).

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Placed in London

On the share of homes in band F or above, Lambeth comes 19th of the 33 councils in London, just behind Ealing and just ahead of Croydon. All London councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveLambeth 12%1%53%