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

The bar chart compares the proportions of owned and rented

accommodation

in England and Wales from 1918 to 2011.

Overall

, it is evident that the rate of ownership of households grew over the given periods

whereas

the significance of renting

accommodation

dropped. In 1918 renting an apartment was very popular in both countries as approximately 78% of households were rented, compared to around 23% of houses owned.

While

the significance of owning an apartment began to increase in the subsequent years, renting a household

on the other hand

declined gradually. In 1971 both owned and rented

accommodation

recorded a similar rate of 50%.

Furthermore

owing households continue to grow in importance that it even overtook rented

accommodation

in 1981 by 20%.

Also

, the rate of owing remained significant from 1981 to the end of the period, their proportion grew to about 69% by the next ten years and remain static for another decade before decreasing to around 63% in 2011. In ,contrast rented

accommodation

's percentage kept on dropping for a

while

after which it maintained that percentage for the subsequent 10 years before increasing slightly to around 35%.