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

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in both owned and rented

accommodation

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in the UK and Wales changed from 1918 to 2011.

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, the ratio of families owning their own homes was as

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as that of those renting

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in 1971. Before 1971, the percentage of owned

households

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always took the lead; meanwhile, the opposite was true for the rented

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over the final 30 years. At the beginning of the period, the proportion of

households

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renting

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was the biggest, which was

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other (77% against 23%).

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,

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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%.

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, the ratio of owned

households

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increased to nearly one-

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, which remained constant

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two years 1939 and 1953, before reaching the same percentage as those in owned

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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

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hit a low at 31%, before dropping by 5% in 2011.

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figure witnessed a downward trend until it was a slight

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to 35%

at the end

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of the period.