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

The bar chart gives information on the

proportion

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of

households

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in owned and rented

accommodation

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in Wales between 1918 and 2011, expressed in percentages.

Overall

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, it is evident that the largest

proportion

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of

households

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owned their

accommodation

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in 2011,

while

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the highest percentage of

households

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rented their

accommodation

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in 1918.

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illustrates that the number of people who owned their houses had increased throughout the period. Regarding

households

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in rented

accommodation

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, the

proportion

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of them reduced from around 77% to about 68% between 1918 and 1939, and remained unchanged until 1953. Afterwards, the share significantly declined from about 68% to around 31% in 2001.

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, the percentage rose to approximately 35% in 2011.

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, the share of

households

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in owned

accommodation

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grew from virtually 23% to roughly 32% between 1918 and 1939, and stood at

this

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level until 1953.

Thereafter

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, the

proportion

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experienced a sharp rise, reaching 69% in 2001.

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, the percentage reduced to 65%

at the end

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of the period.