The table show a comparison of car usage on a daily basis by families in the UK between 1971 and 2007.
It is apparent that only 50% of the population of Great Britain did not own cars between 1971 and 2007. In 1971, there were more families with one car in regular use, which then remained steady over the consecutive years. Conversely, public transport usage registered a substaintial drop by 2007, after initially being higher.
In 1971, the majority of families were getting to the destinations by other means of transport, reaching a percentage of just under 50%, compared with those who possessed only one vehicle, which showed a figure of 45% of the married population. On the other hand, households with two cars in the garage constituted only 8%, yet maintained the second position in the statistics. Finally, the fewest percentile held by families with more than three cars, at roughly 2%.
However, everything changed from 1975, when the ratio of those with no private vehicles slumped substantially to 25%. Meanwhile, the proportion of married couples owning two cars, starting as the second lowest , registered the most dramatical upward trend, reaching 27% by 2007. Interestingly, the figures for those with one car only, irrespective of some instabilities, leveled out, reaching a plateau of 32% throughought the decades.