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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 27th March
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
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.
SAMPLE ANSWER
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.
