The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England 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 rented and owned houses in both England and Wales from 1918 to 2011, counted in percentage.

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, in the start of 1918 majority of people lived in rented houses as compared to 2011, where permanent owned residence were preferred. In the early years of the previous centuary, rented dwellers were in abundance, they accounted for approximately 88% of the population. With the passage of time there was a steady fall noted in families that stayed on rent, hitting a botton of about 31% in 2001, before it rose again to approximately 46% in the next decade.

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, permanent house owners were scarce in the beginning of 19th centuary. Only about 22% of the crowd lived in personally owned homes.

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number saw a steady rise over the next eight decades when it reached its peak in the year 2001 at almost 69%, marking the best in the given years.

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, a fall of 5% was noticed in 10 years.

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, the graph of rented occupants against the owned residents depicted an opposite trend over the centuary.