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 given bar chart depicts the rate of people who owned and rented

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in the UK and Wales from 1918 to 2011.

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, there was an increasing trend in owners of households throughout the period in comparison with a reduction movement in people who rented

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. But of course, there was an equality in value in 1971. First of all, from 1918, the number of households owning

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started from around 23% and increased noticeably to about 32% in 1939 and it stayed constant until 1953.

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trend continued to grow in 2001 which peaked at just under 70%. But there was a reduction between 2001 and 2011 to nearly 65%.

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, the bar chart of households renting

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began with the highest rate at around 78%,

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it decreased to around 68% in 1939 and kept its movement steadily until 1953.

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this

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year,

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process gradually fell until 2001 with around 31%. It can be seen that there was a growth between 2001 and 2011 which reached about 37%.