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 chart provides information about the rate of households who lived in owned or rented

accommodations

in England and Wales between the period 1918 to 2011.

Overall

, it can be seen from the chart that right in the middle of the examined era the trend of

accommodations

shifted notably from rented to owned ones. Mainly, the rented housing showed a decreasing rate,

while

the owned

accommodations

presented an increasing pattern.

First,

the average of households in rented properties varied between nearly 80% to about 65% in the years 1918 to 1953.

However

, the numbers began to decline to below 60 % in 1961 and 1971. Afterwards, the average number showed a notable drop between 1981 and 2011 of a percentage that varied from 40% to 30%.

On the contrary

, it can be seen that the percentage of households in the owned

accommodations

followed a gradual growing pattern starting from about 20% in 1918 and followed by a doubled growth in 1961.

Moreover

, starting from the year 1971 the rate of owned houses rose significantly from 50% to reach an average of 60% to 70 % from 1981 to 2011.