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

The bar graph illustrates the proportion of British and Wales families who were a landlord or tenant between 1918 and 2011. It is evident that,

while

the

number

of house owners increased, the

number

of renters decreased. At the outset of the period, almost eighty per

cent

of citizens lived as a tenant,

whereas

, only twenty per

cent

of the population lived in their own houses. From 1918 to 1971 the

number

of renters experienced a downward trend and reached fifty percent.

However

, the

number

of landlords experienced a noticeable increase and reached fifty per

cent

in 1917, the same as renters.

After

this

era, the

number

of residents who bought houses increased significantly and skyrocketed in 2001, by approximately seventy per

cent

. In the next decade, the

number

of buyers saw around a five per

cent

decrease.

In contrast

, the

number

of individuals who rented a house declined over thirty years and had a slight growth in 2011 and stood at thirty-five per

cent

.