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.

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

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,

households

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

while

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

households

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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.

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, 5-person and 6-person

households

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followed similar falling trends, albeit at lower rates.

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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

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with an upward trend, the percentage of 2-member

households

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

households

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, growing from 17%

initially

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to just over a quarter

at the end

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of the period.