Band 5+: The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The chart illustrates the percentage of people who owned and rented accomoodation in England and Wales from 1918 until 2011.

Overall, it can clearly be seen that both of the figure had fluctuating trends, and rented accomodation had plunged over the years. Moreover, the trends for people who owned a house had increased significantly, and both of the bars had converged at 50% in 1971.

In 1918, owned household figures rose to approximately 31% and it remain steady until 1953, after that it had significantly rise to around 69% which it had reached the peak in 2001. However, it gradually dropped to 63%. In addition, rented had the opposite trend of people who owned houses, which it had slightly decline to 68% and it stayed the same until 1953, after it remained the same it plummeted for up to 10% on the following years. In 1991 it had slightly increase by 7%.