The chart below shows the percentage of household in owned and rented accommodation in England and wales between 1918 and 2011.

The bar chart indicates the proportion of owned and rented houses in England and Wales from 1918 to 2011.

Overall

, purchased households had gained popularity throughout the given years, meanwhile, there was a relative decrease in the statistic of rented accommodations. In terms of held housing, from a quite low rate of just above one-fifth of the market size, it witnessed a dramatic increase with roughly 50% gain in 83 years to hit its peak at nearly 70% in 2001. Despite reducing a bit in the

last

phase to more than 60% in 2001,

this

category was still major in the housing sector.

On the other hand

, there was an opposite trend on the side of hired property. Starting at a dominant position with more than three-quarters of houses in the two surveyed countries fell into

this

type, as a rise of its counterpart, the percentage of interim flats plunged to its lowest at approximately 30% in 2001. A slight recovery in the

last

10 years of the period could just help

this

zone claim 5%, not enough to compare with the number of bought accommodations.