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 w

The bar graph illustrates the proportion of households in own and rental accommodation in England and Wales from 1918 to 2011. Units are measured in percentage.

Overall, there was a significant growth of households in owned accommodation and a dramatic decline in rental accommodation over the given periods.

From the beginning, households of owned accommodation were only 22%, in contrast to rental with 78%. Then the consecutive years, the graph remained the same with about 68% of own accommodation and around 38% in rented. However, in 1971 households of both kind of accommodation reached at the same level with 50%.

Nevertheless, for the following year's the households proportion of rental accommodation declined dramatically to 40%, which is 20% lower than the owned accommodation in 1981. Similarly, after 20 years owned accommodation escalated considerably to 79% and rental accommodation dropped to just above 30%. In addition, at the end of the period, owned accommodation and rental accommodation was 65% and 38% respectively.