The bar chart demonstrates a comparative illustration of UK’s housing preferences in three cities in London, Oxford and Cambridge. By analyzing from British survey taken in 2005.
Overall, it can be seen that Flat showed the most favored accommodation in London, while the majority Cambridge dwellers preferred to live in Detached houses. In contrast, the people in Oxford relatively a similar interested across four type of houses.
In London, approximately 59% respondents decided to stay in Flats, showing the most popular option. However, it was only 9% residents chose Detached houses as their preferences, it was the lowest figure among all categories. Semi-detached and Terraced houses accounted similar proportions, at roughly 19% and 18% respectively.
In Cambridge, the figure for Detached houses reached highly 37%, followed by Semi-detached houses received 28%, there were strong inclination type of houses. Whereas, Flats and Terraced houses had similar proportion, at roughly 20% and 18% respectively.
In Oxford, there were less than 30% people preferred to stay in Flats, Semi-detached and Detached houses, standing at just 29%, 28% and 27% similarly. Furthermore, only the least inhabitants chose to live in Terraced houses, recording for about 19%.