The figure provides the data of housing tenure in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011. Overall it is clear that the number of rented and owned accomodation reached the same amount in 1971 and the rest were significantly different.
The home ownship attained the lowest number in 1918. But in two decades forward, it increased around 30%. 1939 to 1953 clearly showed same attainment until 1961 an increment happened. Furthermore, the number of properties occupied by owner were become more popular from 1961 to 2001. It hit the highest amount up to 69% in 2001. However it showed a slight decreament from 2001 to 2011.
A quiet different pattern are shown by the bar graph for rented housing. In 1918, rented accomodation became the most popular and reached its highest attainment. Around 20 years after, a significat decrement happened and stayed at the same percentage, it was around 69% from 1939 to 1953. Furthermore, a significant down fall happened from 1953 to 2001. During this periode, as mentioned previously, housing owned were more popular compared to rented housing. Nevertheless, there was a slight increment in 2001 to 2011 where rented accomodation figured 38%.