Around 150 different languages are spoken families in the borough[1]. Around 17,000 people (6% of the population) speak a main language other than English, mostly EU and African languages.
Language groups
Languages most commonly spoken
The most common main languages after English spoken by pupils in Lambeth schools being Portuguese (7% of pupils), Spanish (5%), Somali (4.5%), French (3.7%), Yoruba (3.4%), Akan /Twi-Fante (2.7%), Polish (2.6%), Arabic (2.5%) and Bengali (1.6%)[2]. There has been a significant increase in non-English main languages in the last twenty years.
Main languages spoken by all Lambeth pupils (%)
Source: School Pupil Survey 2015