The line chart provides information about how the percentages of car ownership in households changed in the UK from 1951 to 2007.
Overall, the proportion of households that do not possess cars decreased substantially until 1967 before decreasing gradually in the subsequent years. Meanwhile, the percentage of households that had one car surged until 1967, after which it remained relatively stable, whereas the figures for households possessing two cars and three or more cars increased steadily throughout the years. It is also evident that the level of no-car households was the highest from 1951 to 1975, while that of one-car households accounted for the largest share from 1975 to 2007. The proportion of households possessing three or more cars was the lowest throughout the 56-year period.
In respect of no-car households, the percentage for that kind of households started at 85% in 1951 before plunging to 50% in 1967, after which it decreased slower throughout the years before finishing at approximately 22% in 2007.
Considering the proportion of one-car households, after starting at about 12% in 1951, this figure soared to roughly 40% in 1967 before remaining relatively stable afterwards.
Regarding two-car households and three-or-more-car households, after starting at 2% and 0% respectively, the figures for these types of households increased steadily. In 2007, the percentage of the former household type finished at around 28%, while that of the latter ended at only 8%.