Overall, the percentages of households owning two-cars and three-cars increased gradually over the period, while the figure for households with one-car remained unchanged. In contrast no-car figures declined. By the end of the period, one-car was the most common category, followed by no car and two cars, whereas tree cars’s ownerships remained the lowest throughout the period.
In 1975, one-car and no-car had the highest percentages of owing households, accounting for 45% and 42% respectively, followed by two-car ownership at 7%, while three-cars ownership had the lowest figure of only, 3%. Over the next twenty years, the percentages of one-car ownership fell to, 41%, no car’s ownership decreased significantly to, 24%, and two-cars ownership had risen to 15% of households, whereas three-car ownership had increased steadily, but the lowest percentage of households.
In the final year, the figures for the one-car ownership returned to its initial level, which rose by 5%, no car’s ownership was second the most common popular for households, accounting for 21%, and two-car ownership proceed to rise to 18%. In contrast, three-cars ownership figure rose slightly to 10%, although it stayed the lowest during the whole period.