The chart shows changes in car ownership among households in one European country from 1971 and 2001. Overall, while the proportion of carless households fell consistently across the period, the figures for those with one car and multiple cars rose, exhibiting somewhat fluctuating figures.
Starting with households owning a car, 35% of them had one, considerably more than those with at least two cars (16%). After a decade, this gap narrowed down, as the former figure dropped to 31%, whereas the latter had a noticeable increase to around 28%.
There was a reversal trends in 1991, with the percentage of single-car households reaching its peak of 47%, compared to multiple-car households that decreased to 21%. In the final year, there was a marginal fall to 43% in the proportion of households with one car, while the figure for households with multiple cars recovered to 28%.
In contrast, households without a car bucked the trend. In 1971, this category started the period at a significant 47% but a figure that then fell to 42% in 1981 and even more considerably to 30% in 1991. After another decrease in 2001, the proportion of carless households finished at about 28%.