The charts below give information about a public library in a town called Little Chalfont. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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Three charts about Little Chalfont Library. Member ages in 2016 are adults 18–64 at 51 percent, children at 22 percent, young adults 13–17 at 15 percent, and adults 65 and over at 12 percent. Loans by category are children's fiction 38 percent, children's non-fiction 6, children's DVDs 1, young adults 2, adult fiction 38, adult non-fiction 13 and adult audio books 2 percent. Annual loans rise overall from about 16,000 in 2007 to roughly 21,500 in 2016, with small dips in 2012 and 2013.
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The pie chart provides information about the age distribution of members of the Little Chalfont public library in 2016, and the table illustrates the proportion of loans by category in the same year, while the bar chart shows the total number of items borrowed from 2007 to 2016.
Overall, adults aged 18 to 64 made up the majority of library users, and children’s and adult fiction were the most borrowed categories. In addition, the total number of loans generally increased over the ten-year period.
In terms of membership, in 2016, adults aged 18–64 accounted for just over half of all members (51%), making them the dominant age group. Children represented the second-largest segment at 22%, followed by young adults aged 13–17 at 15%. Seniors aged 65 and over constituted the smallest proportion, at only 12%. Regarding borrowing categories in 2016, fiction books for both children and adults were the most popular, each representing 38% of total loans. Non-fiction books were less frequently borrowed: adult non-fiction made up 13%, while children’s non-fiction accounted for only 6%. Other categories contributed minimally, with young adult books and adult audiobooks each at 2%, and children’s DVDs at just 1%.
Furthermore, the bar chart shows that the figure rose from around 15,000 in 2007 to roughly 19,000 in 2008 and remained relatively stable until 2010. It then went up to just over 21,000 in 2011 before fluctuating slightly in the following years. By 2016, loans climbed again to approximately 22,000, the highest point recorded.
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