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 compares the proportion of homeowners and

tenants

in England and Wales from 1918 to 2011.

Overall

, it is obvious that the popularity of buying houses increased gradually in England and Wales between 1918 and 2001,

whereas

the figures for renting houses decreased during the same period.

Moreover

, in the year 1971, the percentage of homeowners was equal to that of

tenants

. In 1918, the largest proportion of Britain households rented accommodation, at nearly well under 80%.

By contrast

, the lowest percentage of people who purchased a house was approximately 23% in the same year.

Furthermore

, from 1918 to 2001, there was a steady decline of roughly 50% in the figure of tenents.

However

, the proportion of home buyers rose significantly from well over 20% to nearly 70% during the same period. In 1917, the percentage of home buyers and

tenants

was equal to 50%.

Finally

, from 2001 to 2011, the figure for homeowners experienced a slight decline of 5%,

whereas

that

of

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tenants

rose minimally by 6%.