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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 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.
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The provided bar chart elucidates the proportion of
households
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 that lived in their own or rented accommodation in England and Wales from 1918 to 2011. It is evident from the data that there was a significant surge in home ownership and a decline in rental
properties
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. Prior to 1971, the proportion of rented
properties
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 was greater than that of owned
properties
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, with rented
properties
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 accounting for almost 80% of
households
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 in 1918.
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, the percentage of
households
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 owning their homes was less than 30%. The gap between these two percentages began to narrow after 1918, with rental
properties
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 dropping to approximately 60% and owned
properties
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 increasing to 40% by 1961. Over the next 40 years, the number of
households
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 owning their own homes began to surpass those renting, with the percentage of owned
properties
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 increasing from 50% in 1981 to 70% in 2001, and
then
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 marginally declining to 65% in 2011. Meanwhile, the proportion of rented
properties
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 declined from 50% in 1981 to a low of 30% in 2001 before gradually increasing to around 35% in 2011.

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Introduction: The chart intro is missing.
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Introduction: The chart intro is missing.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words households, properties with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decline" was used 2 times.
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