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

The bar chart below depict the percentage of English and Welsh families in bought and leased housings in 1918 to 2011. Overall, it can be seen that owned and rented accommodations show opposite trends.

Looking at the chart in more detail, it can be seen that in 1918 bought housings stood at around 23%, while leased accommodations stood at approximately 78%. After that, in 1939, owned accommodations decreased to approximately 68% while leased housings rose to about 32%. Following 1939, in 1953 both purchased and leased accommodations remained at the same percentage, before both continued the previous trends in 1961. In 1971, both bought and rented housings stayed at the same percentage, 50%.

In 1981, the possessed housings started to rise to 60% while leased accommodations decreased to 40%. Both bought and leased housings continued their trends until 2001, while owned accommodations stood at approximately 69% and leased housings was at about 31%. After 2001, bought housings made a decrease to around 62% while leased accommodations increased to about 36%.