The pie charts below show the percentage of housing owned and rented in the UK in 1991 and 2007.
The given pie charts illustrate the proportions of accommodation in Great Britain in terms of owned and rented purposes in two specific years, 1991 and 2007.
From an
overall
perspective, it is evident that the percentages of housing owned and rented for homeowners witnessed an upward tendency, whereas
a reverse pattern could be observed in the figures for social renting and social housing.
In 1991, the proportion of homeowners is the highest of any other type of accommodation, with just over a half, at 60%. The figures for social and private renting are lower, at 23% and 11%, correspondingly. However
, social housing accounted for the lowest proportion, at just 6%.
From 1991 to 2007, the percentage of homeowner saw a rise to 70%, whereas
there were a fall of 17% and 2% in that of social renting and housing in the final year, respectively. In addition
, the data on private renting stayed unchanged in the same period.Submitted by duckiedesigner on
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