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

The bar graph illustrates the different proportion of people who own and rent their houses in England and Wales from 1918 to 2001. In general, the number of ownerships increased

while

the figures of renters decreased strongly over the period of the century.

Moreover

, people who

owned

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their living places have been more common in recent years. It can be clearly seen that,

initially

, the rented citizens were the most popular, at about 77%, compared with the less common

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the owned, at around 22%.

However

, after going down to 69% in 1939, and

then

staying relatively stable in 1953, that number decreased sharply to 50% in 1971.

By contrast

, the percentage of owners saw a significant increase of just over 30% in 1939, stayed there in 1953, and

then

kept rising to equal renting, at 50%, in 1971. From 1971 onwards, home ownership continued

raising

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and reaching a peak at nearly 70% in 2001 before declining slightly to just above 65% in 2011.

Whereas

the figures

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rented accommodation still fell to just over 30% in 2001 before rising by roughly 5% in the

last

year.