家庭规模数据
📝 题目
The chart shows the number of people per household by percentage in the UK in 1981 and 2001.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
✍️ 参考范文
The two stacked bar charts compare the proportion of British households with different numbers of occupants in 1981 and 2001.
Overall, 2-person households were the most common type in both years, while 6-person households accounted for the smallest share. It is also clear that UK households became smaller over the two decades, as the percentages of households with 1 or 2 people rose, and the figures for larger families declined.
In 1981, 31% of UK households had 2 residents, making it the most prevalent household size, followed by 3-person households at 20%. By contrast, only 17% of homes were single-person households. Larger households were less common: 18% had 4 people, 8% had 5 people, and just 6% were 6-person households.
By 2001, the share of 2-person households had increased slightly to 34%, remaining the most common type. The proportion of people living alone saw a significant rise to 26%, making it the second most common category. In comparison, all larger household sizes became less popular: the percentages of 3-person, 4-person, 5-person and 6-person households fell to 17%, 15%, 6% and 2% respectively.