The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accomodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given bar chart compares the amount of two types of households in England and Wales over a

period

of approximately one century from 1918 to 2011.

Overall

it can clearly be seen that over the given

period

, the trends for each type show a contradicting change, where owned

accommodations

show an increasing trend

while

rented

accommodations

experienced a decrease in their percetages. The number of owned

accommodations

started at about 21% in 1918 which is the lowest

level

of its amount in the given

period

. From

this

year onwards, the number rose gradually and reached a peak in 2001 at just below 70%. The number

then

decreased slightly in the following ten years which is the end of the given

period

and accounted for about 65% in 2011.

On the contrary

, rented

accommodations

started at their highest

level

at just below 80% in 1918.

This

level

experienced a gradual fall until reached its lowest

level

in 2001, accounting for 30%. The numbers increased by only about 5% in the following ten years which is the end of the

period

, accounting for 35% in 2011.