The bar chart compares the proportion of people who lived in their own homes and rented places in England and Wales from 1918 until 2011.
Overall, the trend experienced an increase in the rental group, whereas the ownership group declined over the period.
At the first glance at the chart, initially, the homeowners' percentage was more than three times as big as the rented accommodation's share. After that, the rental group percentages hit 32% in 1939, and it leveled off until 1953. Afterward, the increasing trend continued, and the rental group rose from 32% to 41% in 1961. At last, both groups hit equality in percentages in 1971. In 1981, rented accommodation's share rise significantly by a margin of one-tenth, and then the house owners percentages experienced a decline in 1991 and reached the lowest point in 2001by a bit more than 30%, and finally, it went up a little bit and hit 35% in 2011.
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