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

The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in English and Wales between 1918 and 2011.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart illustrates the proportion of families who owned and rented accommodations in two regions, which are England and Wales from 1918 to 2011.
Overall
,
it is clear that
the rate of owned
houses
tended to increase over the period of
ninety three
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years,
while
the percentage of rented
houses
mostly decreased with the highest rate of family-rented
houses
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in 1918.
According to
the data, the proportion of families who possessed their own
houses
majorly increased from around 23%
from
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total
househols
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households
household
in 1918 to its peak at nearly 70% in 2001, before experiencing a slight decrease ten years later by approximately 65%.
On the other hand
, the proportion of families who rented a house in both regions saw a gradual decrease over the period. Starting at about 77% at the outset of the period, the percentage began to fall to around 68% eighteen years later.
Although
the rate had remained steady by 1953, it continued to decrease to about 59% in 1961 until it reached its trough in 2001 at approximately 31%.
However
, the number managed to have a slight growth to around 35% in 2011.
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