The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011.

The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011.
The bar chart illustrates how the number of
households
in both owned and rented
accommodation
in the UK and Wales changed from 1918 to 2011.
Overall
, the ratio of families owning their own homes was as
equally
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as that of those renting
accommodation
in 1971. Before 1971, the percentage of owned
households
always took the lead; meanwhile, the opposite was true for the rented
households
over the final 30 years. At the beginning of the period, the proportion of
households
renting
accommodation
was the biggest, which was
more
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triple
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the
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other (77% against 23%).
However
,
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figure
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dropped dramatically to 50% in 1971, despite the fact that there was remained unchanged in 1939 and 1953,
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at approximately 78%.
In contrast
, the ratio of owned
households
increased to nearly one-
third
, which remained constant
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two years 1939 and 1953, before reaching the same percentage as those in owned
accommodation
in 1971. Over
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final course of 30 years from 1971 to 2011, the proportion of families owning homes was still continued increasing its trend to reach a plateau at nearly 70% in 2001, where the proportion of rented
households
hit a low at 31%, before dropping by 5% in 2011.
This
figure witnessed a downward trend until it was a slight
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to 35%
at the end
of the period.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words households, accommodation with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "ratio" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • ownership
  • tenancy
  • trend
  • fluctuation
  • proportion
  • residence
  • dwelling
  • shift
  • transition
  • migration
  • fluctuate
  • stabilize
  • rise
  • fall
  • increase
  • decrease
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