Over a 36-year period, the graph depicts variations in the number of cars per household in the

United Kingdom.
Between 1971 and 2007, the number of people who owned a car in the UK grew. The
percentage of households with two cars increased, while the number of families without a car
decreased.
Nearly half of all British families did not use a car regularly in 1971. Roughly 44% of families
owned a car, while just 7% had two vehicles. Families had three or more cars, with around 2%
of households falling under this class.
From the late 1970s on, the single-car household was the most frequent kind, but the numbers
for this group changed little. The major change occurred in the share of families without a car
that steadfastly dropped by about 25 percent in 2007 during the 36-year period. The two-car
family share, by contrast, climbed steadily in 2007, to approximately 26%, while the percentage
of households with more than two automobiles increased to nearly 5%.