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

The bar chart illustrates the

households

owning and renting

accommodation

proportion in two countries (England and Wales) from 1918 to 2011.

Overall

, it delves to see that the rate of

households

in possessed

accommodation

in both countries experienced

upward

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an upward

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trend

,

while

the figure for renting

accommodation

had undergone a downward

trend

during the period. Looking into details, the fraction of

households

owning

accommodation

witnessed a significant increase where it started at the level of above 20% in 1918. It rose dramatically to more than half in 1981 and continued to grow in the following years before reaching a peak at approximately 70% in 2001.

However

, by 2011,

this

witnessed a small decrease, falling from 70% to only under 65%. In terms of

households

renting

accommodation

,

this

figure saw a downward

trend

. In 1918, the

trend

accounted for about 75% which was the highest proportion compared to

households

owning

accommodation

, afterwards, it plunged to just under 70% in 1953. From

then

on, it underwent a gradual decline in the following years, decreasing from under 70% to just nearly a quarter in 2001.

Nevertheless

, it experienced slight growth, which grew slightly to nearly 35% by 2011.