The charts below give information about a public library in a town called Little Chalfont. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The three charts provide information on library membership by age group in Little Chalfont, the proportion of books borrowed by genre in 2016, and the total number of

loans

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between 2007 and 2016.

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,

adults

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aged 18–64 made up the largest share of members,

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fiction books accounted for the majority of

loans

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in 2016.

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total borrowing fluctuated over the period, the annual number of

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generally remained close to 20,000.

Adults

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constituted 51% of library members, far exceeding the other groups. Children represented 22%, followed by young

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at 15%. The smallest group was

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aged over 65, who made up 12% of all members. In terms of book categories, both children’s fiction and adult fiction dominated borrowing in 2016, each representing 38% of total

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. Adult non-fiction accounted for 13%,

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the remaining categories all stood at under 10%. Loan numbers began at just above 15,000 in 2007 before rising sharply to around 20,000 by 2009. Borrowing peaked at slightly over 20,000 from 2010 to 2012,

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dropped below

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level in 2013. In the final three years, the figure increased gradually.