The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar graph displays the

proportion

of owned and leased houses in the UK and Wales from 1918 to 2011.

Overall

, the

proportion

of households owning their accommodation increased

while

the

percentage

of rented houses decreased.

According to

the data, the majority of households (78%) in England and Wales lived in rented houses in 1918. The

percentage

of rented accommodation fell over the

next

few decades and by 1971 there was an equal

proportion

of owned and rented accommodation. After 1971, the

percentage

of families owning their

homes

increased gradually until 2001. There was a 10% increase in the

proportion

of families owning their

homes

from 1971 to 1981. It continued to rise over the following years and by 2001, about 70% of the households were living in their own

homes

. Over the

next

10 years,

however

, the

percentage

of owned

homes

decreased slightly and the

percentage

of rented

homes

increased.