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 comparison where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the proportions of families owning and renting a house in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011. In terms of families having home ownership, it stayed unchanged during the time from 1939 to 1953, accounting for approximately 32%. Over the next periods, from 1953 to 1991, possessed houses experienced a gradual rise until their rate reached a peak at roughly 70% in 2001, followed by a slight drop in 2011, which was 64%, specifically. Turning to households hiring a place to accommodate, in 1918, under 80% of families lived in rented houses which was nearly 4 times the rate for owned houses. From 1939 to 1953, it remained steady at under 70% before seeing a dramatic decline over the next 38 years. It

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was at a low point of 32% in 2001.

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, it surged moderately to about 64% in 2011 which was half of the figure for homeowners. In general,

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the owners saw an upward trend, the renters witnessed the opposite. Significantly, both groups made up for the same rate in 1971.