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The charts below give information about a public library in a town called Little Chalfont.

The charts below give information about a public library in a town called Little Chalfont.
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Jul 01, 2025

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The pie chart and table provide data about the age of members and total loans by category in a public library in Little Chalfont in 2016, while the accompanying bar chart shows how the total number of loans changed from 2007 to 2016.
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Overall, the majority of library members were adults aged 18 to 64, whereas other age groups accounted for smaller shares. Despite a slight decline, the total number of loans increased over the period, with children's and adult fiction together constituting the largest share of loans by category.
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Adults aged 18 to 64 accounted for slightly more than one-half of library members, followed by children, at 22%. In contrast, those aged 65 and over and young adults between 13 and 17 years old constituted notably lower respective percentages of 12% and 15%.
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As for the total number of loans, it initially was nearly 15,000 and had increased substantially to approximately 21,000 by 2011. After a negligible decrease of around 1,500 by 2013, the total number of loans experienced a significant rise over the ensuing years, eventually reaching about 22,000.
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By far the highest percentages of the loans were in the children’s and adult fiction categories, comprising 38% each. However, 13% and 6% of the total loans were adult and children’s non-fiction, respectively, while the remaining figures amounted to less than 3%.

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