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 depicts the percentage of British people who liked four different types of houses: flats, terraced, detached, and semi-detached houses in London, Oxford, and Cambridge areas in the year 2005.

Overall, what stands out from the chart is that the highest proportions of people preferred flats in London and Oxford, while detached houses were preferred by a similar proportion in Cambridge. By contrast, the lowest people in the UK liked terraced and detached houses in all areas over the period.

In terms of flats, approximately 58% of people interested in London and just under 30% of people liked them in Oxford and around 35% of people preferred detached houses in Cambridge. However, there was a similar figure of about 28% of people interested in semi-detached houses in all areas; 18% of people in London, respectively.

On the other hand, in terraced houses, just under 19% and 20% of people in London and Oxford, and around 18% of people were interested in Cambridge, respectively. Subsequently, the percentage of people in London interested in detached houses was just under 10% and nearly 25% of people in Oxford liked the same houses; however, 20% of people liked flats over the whole period.