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 bar chart is divided into two categories based on

households

in owned accommodation and

households

in rented accommodation from 1918 to 2011 in two different countries England and Wales. At first glance,

households

in rented

houses

had the highest percentage, and it decreased dramatically

while

households

in owned

houses

increased during these years. It can be seen that in 1918,

households

in owned

houses

had the lowest rate with a little more than 20%. After that, its percentage rose to 30% and remained steady between 1939 and 1953. In 1971, it reached the figure for

households

in rented accommodations at 50%. after 20 years it rose to a peak of around 70%

whereas

it saw a minor decrease in 2011 by 5%. Looking at

households

in rented

houses

it is obvious a great proportion of people tend to rent

houses

at just under 80%, and during these years

this

rate reduced dramatically to almost 40%.