Task 1: The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words

The present bar chart compares data about the proportion of houses which were owned and rented in England and Wales from 1918 to 2011.

Overall

, inhabitants could buy their house because the number of not only rente decreased but

also

owning were increasing in a period of 29 years.

According to

the diagram, in 1918, most people could not buy a house;

therefore

, they rented their home

due to

the fact the percentage at

this

time was 78%;

moreover

, in 1939, the figure was absolutely the same as in 1953, by 69%. Later the trend fell slightly to 1991, which was nearly the same as in 2001, and reached the minimum of 31%;

however

,

this

chart grew to 36% in 2011. The households in owned accommodation graph show citizens in these districts could have a house so that at the beginning of 1918, the amount was 22%;

then

this

proportion rose to 50% in 1971, which was equal to the rented houses after that the graph climbed, and touched the peak in 2001, by less than 70%;

nevertheless

,

finally

, the percentage reduced to 65 per cent in 2011.