Makkar ielts graphs

 

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The table below shows the percentage of the population and the types of houses they 
live in 3 areas of a city. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the 
main features and make comparisons where relevant. 
Type of housing 
Flat/Apartment 
Terraced 
Semi-Detached 
Detached 
Central 
area 
- 
(population 32,100) 
15%
18%
28%
39% 
Green Park area - 
(population 31,700) 
76%
14% 
5% 
5% 
Southberg Area - 
(population 32,000) 
25%
56% 
5% 
14% 
The given table compares the population and housing of three areas of a city. It is clear from 
the graph that the population of the three areas is very similar at around 32,000 but there is 
considerable difference in the choice of housing.
39% of the population of Central Area lives in detached houses. This is in sharp contrast to 
Green Park Area where only a small minority (5%) lives in detached houses. Even in the 
Southberg Area, only 14% people reside in detached houses.
The semi-detached houses are less popular in all three areas with 28% of Central Area 
people living there and 5% each of Green Park and Southberg area living there. Terraced 
houses are the most popular in Greenberg area with 56% of the people living there. Only 
14% people of Green Park area and 18% of Central area people live there.
A large majority of Green Park area people (76%) live in flats or apartments, where as only a 
quarter of the population of Southberg area lives in apartments. Flats are the least popular 
among the Central Area people where only 15% people live in them.
 

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