The chart illustrates how the proportion of households owing cars in an European country changed from 1971 to 2001. Overall, minority of families had two cars throughout the period shown apart from the year 2001. Moreover, the increasing trend of having one car and two cars might entail the downward trend of owning no car in this country.
In 1971, nearly 50% of households did not get car ownership after which this rate witnessed a steady decrease in the next 20 years. Specifically, it slipped to above 40% in 1981 before declining to 30% in 1991. Then, it finished the period at the uniform rate compared to the year 1991.
Concerning the figures in terms of families owning one car, about 37% of them had one single car in 1971. From this point, this rate peaked at 50%. However, the percentage of households with one car decimated to approximately 42% in 2001.
In terms of the final domain, the proportion of families that had two cars in 1971 is about 18%. It subsequently experienced a fluctuation throughout the period shown. Clearly, in 1981, it was above 30% before its decrease to roughly 20% in 1991. Nevertheless, it again reached 30% in the final year of the mentioned interval.