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

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

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, the

proportion

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of households owning their accommodation increased

while

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the

percentage

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of rented houses decreased.

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

percentage

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of rented accommodation fell over the

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few decades and by 1971 there was an equal

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of owned and rented accommodation. After 1971, the

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of families owning their

homes

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

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of families owning their

homes

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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

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. Over the

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10 years,

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, the

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of owned

homes

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decreased slightly and the

percentage

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of rented

homes

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increased.