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IELTS 13 - TEST 2 - TASK 1


The provided bar chart illustrates the proportion of accommodation owners and renters in England and Wales over a 93 - year period. The data is given in percentages, not absolute numbers.

In general, there was a dramatic shift from renting to owning for virtually the entired period. However, that pattern broke down over the final 10-year period as house ownership began to decline.

At the outset, in 1918, home owners made up barely more than 20 per cent of households. That number increased sharply and consistently until 2001. The two groups reached absolute parity in 1971, as each were 50 per cent. The trend continued unabated for the next 30 years, as home ownership reached a peak of nearly 70 percent.

The final chart, by contrast reveals a break in the trend line which had moved in only one direction for more than 80 years. That 2011 chart showed a decline in home ownership and a slight rise in rental households..

Overall, a dramatic longterm trend in home ownership began to shift after the year 2001.
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