Band 5+: The chart below illustrates the result of a British survey on the types of houses people liked, taken in 2005. Summarise the information given below and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart demostrates the results of a British questionnaire about housing preferences, taken in 2005.

Overall, Flats is the most common types of houses in London, while Detached houses ranked second among all accommodation in Cambridge. By comparison, Oxford shows similar patterns of all various housing types. Moreover, all three cities experienced similarly low figures for Terraced and Semi-detached houses.

In London, flats accounted for the highest proportion, at nearly 58%, whereas the figures for Oxford and Cambridge were much lower, at 29% and exactly 20%, respectively.In contrast, percentage of Detached houses in Cambridge recorded at 35%, being higher than Oxford’s and London’s share by 10% and 26%.

The proportions of terraced houses were fairly similar across the three cities.However, Oxford outnumber for the largest figure, at about 19%, while London and Cambridge were lower, at around 15% and 16%. Furthermore, Semi-Detached houses performed better results than the Terraced types of accommodation across the three cities.Notwithstanding, in Cambridge and Oxford figures were almost identical at approximately 27% and 26%, while London is hitting a low-point about 16%.