The chart 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 comparison.

The bar chart illustrates the situations regarding the changes in the percentage of households owning and renting

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in England and Wales from 1918 to 2011.

Overall

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, it is clear from the data that the trend of buying a house was becoming popular and common in England and Wales.

In contrast

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, the willingness of England and Wales's residents to renting

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was declining until the 20th century. In more detail, through back to 1918, we can see that the proportion of rented houses is up to around 78% compared to just over 20% of the ownership of

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. By 1971,

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, these figures showed that the rate of owning and renting

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both took half of the per cent and reached the same level. In stark contrast, the initial numbers of owning an

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in these countries rose dramatically from 22% to nearly 70% in 2001 and

subsequently

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fell a little to around 65%, but it still remains the highest percentage in the whole period compared to the choice of renting a place.