The graph illustrates how car ownership proportions varied in a European nation every decade between 1971 and 2001.
Overall, the percentage of households without a car declined steadily over the period, while those with at least one car increased. Notably, single-car ownership surpassed families without any cars to become the most prevalent category at the end of the timeframe.
The proportion of households lacking a car exhibited a significant drop over the period. In 1971, nearly half of the households did not own a car, marking the highest point in the period analyzed. Thereafter, the country saw a considerable decline of 20% in the next 20 years before leveling off at roughly 30% in the last 10 years, ending up being the lowest among the three categories.
An opposite trend could be observed in the percentage of families with one or two cars. Concerning the former, approximately 35% of households owned a car in their family initially, followed by a minor decrease to around 30% in 1981. However, it then rebounded sharply, reaching a new peak of about 50% in 1991 and finishing at marginally under 45% in the last year. Despite fluctuations, one-car households became the most common by the end of the period. In spite of sharing the same upward trend as the one-car group, the percentage of households owning two cars experienced more noticeable variations, representing a twofold increase from roughly 15% in 1971 to 30% by 2001.