The bar chart describes the changes in the proportion of families with cars in a European nation from 1971 to 2001.
Overall, while the percentage of households with one and two cars went up, the opposite trend was true for that of those with no car. In addition, two-car ownership was generally the least popular throughout the period.
In 1971, around 36% of households had one car, followed by a slight decline to below this point in 1981. Ten years later, the percentage of families who owned one car witnessed a significant increase by nearly 20%, before decreasing gradually to 42% in 2001. Undergoing the same trend but at a lower rate, two-car ownership was the lowest at around 18% in 1971, and then rose double to 36% in 1981. After a decade, there was a considerable fall in the figure for owners of two cars, before recovering to its roughly initial level in 2001.
Turning to no-car ownership, in 1971 the proportion of households who owned no car stood at approximately 50%. This was followed by a substantial decrease to roughly 40% in the next ten years. Finally, no-car ownership remained unchanged at nearly 30% until 2001.