Band 7+: The bar graph below depicts the outcome of a research in UK for the year 2005 on the housing preferences by British population.

The bar chart shows housing preferences in London, Oxford, and Cambridge in 2005, comparing four types of housing: flats, terraced houses, semi-detached houses, and detached houses.

Overall, in London, Oxford, and Cambridge, the use of housing preferences differs. London mainly uses flats; the statistic is almost 60 percent, while London is the top user of flats Oxford shows no single housing preference; flats, detached houses, and semi-detached houses are all used. In Cambridge, detached and semi-detached houses are available; 40 percent are detached houses, which are more popular, and 30 percent are semi-detached houses. Compared to Oxford, both cities have statistics of less than 30 percent. The three cities show different statistics for terraced houses. However, London has fewer detached houses than the others—9 or 8 percent.

In 2005, London individuals often preferred flats for housing because of private reasons; other houses ranked last. Other cities did not reach 58 percent. Cambridge ranked second with detached houses London’s use of flats was more than 20 percent higher than Cambridge’s use of detached houses. London is significantly above the other cities in flat usage; however, other houses in London are located in last rank. London reached a high percentage, but detached houses had a low percentage—9 or 8 percent.

Oxford shows mainly flats, detached houses, and semi-detached houses, with the three housing types having equal percentages. However, terraced houses are not used enough. Although the houses are better than in other cities, the percentage above 19 percent is not available at 20 percent. In Cambridge, detached houses account for 35 percent; flats are not as common. Again, a similar situation happened. However, London did not reach the same statistic as Cambridge for semi-detached houses or Oxford. The two cities ranked higher than the others for flats and terraced houses are not more commonly used.

In conclusion, London showed a much higher preference for flats; other houses had poor statistics. Cambridge is better than London. Although Cambridge’s top two sectors are above London’s, Cambridge shows equal statistics across all three sectors.