The line graph compares different households in terms of the number of cars that they owned in the Great Britain between 1971 and 2007.
Overall, there were significant changes in the car ownership over the period of 36 years. In particular, the percentages of households without a car decreased while the reverse was true in the proportion of two-car British families.
In 1971, almost half the number of households did not use cars regularly.Around 45% of households had one car, but only about 7% had two cars.Meanwhile, the figure for families with more than two cars was just under3%.
From the late 1970s to 2007, one-car households accounted for the largest portion of the total car ownership in Britain. Although there was a minor change in the figure for this category, it always remained above 40%. While the percentage of no-car families dropped significantly to 25%, the proportion of two-car families rose to around 26%. A gradual increase was seen in the rate of households using more than two cars, with approximately 5% in 2007.