The bar chart compares the percentages of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011.
Overall, the trends for the indicated aspects evolved conversely during the period. Thus, there was a gradual rise and then a slight drop in the percentage of households in owned accommodation, while the percentage of rented accommodation gradually declined and then slightly rose at the end.
In the beginning, the difference between owned and rented accommodation was vast, as the owned-to-rented accommodation ratio was approximately 1 to 4; the percentage equivalent would be about 20% to 80%. Afterward, this proportion started to shrink, because the percentage of owned accommodation heavily outnumbered that of rented accommodation, until the percentages of households in owned and rented accommodations equalized.
Following 1981, each decade showed an increase in the number of owned accommodations, accompanied by a similar decline in rented ones. Between 1991 and 2001, there were twice as many owned accommodations as rented ones. Exceptionally, in 2011, there was a slight change in pattern, as rented accommodation experienced a modest rise of 5%, while owned accommodation saw a slight decline of 5%.