You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The chart below compare the number of people per household* in the UK in 1981 and 2001. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The graph displays how many people are there in each house in the United Kingdom between 1981 and 2001.

Overall

,

households

that have 6-person to 3-person slightly decreased,

while

the number of 1 to 2 people per house increased significantly. As we can see,

households

with 3 and 4 occupants witnessed the same level of decrease, with their figures dropping from 20% and 17% in 1981 to 17% and 15% two decades later.

Additionally

, 5-person and 6-person

households

followed similar falling trends, albeit at lower rates.

While

the figure for the former had declined from 8% to 6% by 2001, that of the latter remained the lowest throughout, dipping from 6% to 2%. Regarding

households

with an upward trend, the percentage of 2-member

households

was consistently the highest, starting at 31% before rising minimally by 3% in the final year. Following, the proportion of the smallest

households

, growing from 17%

initially

to just over a quarter

at the end

of the period.