Households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales, 1918–2011 - Test 2
Cambridge IELTS 13 · Test 2 · Writing Task 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Write at least 150 words.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011.
Households owning and renting accommodation in England and Wales 1918 to 2011
Grouped bar chart titled 'Households owning and renting accommodation in England and Wales 1918 to 2011'. X-axis: nine census years — 1918, 1939, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001, 2011. Y-axis: % of households, 0 to 90 in steps of 10. Two bars per year: light grey = households in owned accommodation; dark = households in rented accommodation. Approximate values read from the chart (owned / rented): 1918: 23 / 77. 1939: 32 / 68. 1953: 32 / 68. 1961: 41 / 59. 1971: 50 / 50 (the two bars are equal). 1981: 61 / 41. 1991: 68 / 33. 2001: 70 / 32. 2011: 65 / 37. Overall: renting was dominant at the start and ownership rose steadily until the two were equal in 1971; after that ownership exceeded renting, peaking around 2001, then fell slightly by 2011 while renting rose slightly.
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