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 bar charts illustrate the proportion of households who owned or rented a residence in the country of England and Wales between 1918 and 2011.

Overall

, it can be seen that the number of houses rented reduced over time in 98 years,

while

the number of households who bought their accommodation rose over time till the end of a given period.

To begin

with, people who live in their own residence, starting from just above 20% in 1918

then

rose to 50% in 1971.

Additionally

, it continued to rise significantly till a peak at below 70% in 2001.

However

, there has dropped to 63% in 2011. In comparison, at the beginning of the given period, households had the highest total rented houses accounting for 76%, inversely related to permanent houses.

Then

, it declined to 50% which was equal to owned buildings in 1971, it continued to fall gradually to 30% in 2001and

then

grew marginally to 38% in the

last

period. The trends can be considered to be inversely proportional.