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 shows the percentage of rented and owned houses in England and Wales for almost a century. Generally speaking, there was an upward trend in owned accommodation.

However

, the percentage of rented ones showed a downward trend. Concerning owning accommodation, In 1918, household-owned houses accounted for about 20%., and

this

movement continued to rise over the following years and

then

hit the highest in 2001, at 70%.

Then

after reaching the summit, it fell to nearly 62 per cent. In terms of the proportion of rented houses,

on the contrary

, the percentage of those who had settled in a rented house was the highest proportion of all time, at roughly 80%. The more time passed, the fewer people were renting places to stay. As can be seen, the movement of renting a house experienced a dramatic decrease and reached its lowest point in 2001, at 30%.

Additionally

, despite all these fluctuations, these two trends became the same in 1971, at 50%.