Renting in Lambeth
Median asking rent · all sizes · 1,556 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Lambeth is £2,500 a month, from 1,556 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £1,950/moasking · 473 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £2,600/moasking · 582 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £3,450/moasking · 258 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £4,000/moasking · 175 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £1,050/moasking · 85 listings · Oct 2026 |
Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly. Each figure counts the live listings behind it; rooms are per room.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent in Lambeth by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/lambeth, updated 31 October 2026.
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Renting in Lambeth
Lambeth currently has 1,641 rental listings on the property sites we track, 1,556 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Lambeth is £2,500 a month, from 1,556 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 456 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 10% are houses and the rest are flats. How we measure this
Rents vary sharply by postcode. Median asking rents for homes of all sizes run from £1,800 a month in SE19 (12 live listings) to £3,900 in SW95 (7 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Lambeth (Dwellio, October 2026). For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.
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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Lambeth, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Lambeth is £1,950 a month, 22% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 473 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Lambeth is £2,600 a month, 4% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 582 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Lambeth is £3,450 a month, 38% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 258 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Lambeth is £4,000 a month, 60% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 175 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Lambeth is £1,050 a month, from 85 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property. Each size needs at least 10 live listings. Studio figures are hidden for now: listings whose bedroom count we couldn’t read were being counted as studios. How we measure this
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Rent trend · ONS PIPR
The ONS average rent paid in Lambeth is £2,538 a month, up 3.4% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). The Office for National Statistics’ Price Index of Private Rents is the official series for rents being paid, including long-running tenancies; Dwellio’s figures above are asking rents.
Annual
+3.4%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+39%
since 2021
Source: Office for National Statistics · Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR). Updated monthly with a ~2-month lag. ONS uses Broad Rental Market Areas in Scotland — figures may aggregate beyond the city itself. How we measure this
Property types
85% of listings
9% of listings
6% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 49% of the 140 houses currently advertised in Lambeth.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,212 live listings in 17 districts (October 2026). Districts with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental; rooms in shared houses are left out.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent by postcode district in Lambeth, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/lambeth, updated 31 October 2026.
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Features · Lambeth
Live signal across 1,641 Lambeth rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
66%
of 655 Lambeth listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
44%
of 504 Lambeth listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£4.02/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 390 live listings · October 2026Median 726 sqft across the 390 Lambeth listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
456 homes came onto the Lambeth rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
Studio property
Wincott Street, London SE11
2 bed property
Sancroft St, London SE11
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed room
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Ashmore Close, SE15
3 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed house
1 bed flat/apartment
2 bed flat/apartment
2 bed flat/apartment
2 bed flat/apartment
3 bed flat/apartment
2 bed flat/apartment
2 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
Studio Flat, Coburg Crescent, SW2
2 bed flat/apartment
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Crescent Lane, SW4
2 bed flat/apartment
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Mandalay Road, SW4
2 bed house
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Lambeth. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
How it works
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Schools · GIAS · DfE
32 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Lambeth centroid. The five closest:
Hill Mead Primary School
Primary · Community school · SW9 8UE
Stockwell Primary School
Primary · Community school · SW9 9TG
Trinity Academy
Secondary · Free schools · SW2 1QS
South Bank University Sixth Form
16 plus · Academy 16 to 19 sponsor led · SW2 1QS
Triangle Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · SW2 1PL
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Lambeth centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
Where we search
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Lambeth is £2,500 a month, from 1,556 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Lambeth is £1,950 a month, 22% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 473 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Lambeth is £2,600 a month, 4% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 582 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Lambeth is £3,450 a month, 38% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 258 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Lambeth is £4,000 a month, 60% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 175 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Lambeth is £1,050 a month, from 85 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 1,641 rental properties available in Lambeth, with 456 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across the capital
Lambeth compared with the rest of Greater London — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
Every city, every region, one table: the UK rental index.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across London boroughs, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/lambeth, updated 30 October 2026.
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