The chart below gives information about car ownership in the UK from 1975 to 2005.

The line graph shows how

car

ownership in the UK changed between 1975 and 2005.

Overall

, the proportion of

people

who owned two or three cars rose

while

the figure for those who owned no

car

declined.

Additionally

, having

one

car

was the most common situation during the period shown. In 1975, nearly half of the UK population had

one

car

while

people

with no

car

took up a smaller

percentage

, at roughly 43%. These figures both declined over the following ten

years

, to around 37% for

people

having

one

car

and 25% for those with no

car

. The

percentage

of those who owned 2 or 3 cars was approximately 7% and 3% respectively in 1975, and both experienced increases over the

next

10

years

to around 13% and 5% respectively. Over the

next

20

years

, the

percentage

of those with

one

car

gradually rose back up to 45%

whereas

the

percentage

of those with no

car

continued to decline to about 22%.

On the other hand

, the proportion of

people

having 2 or 3 cars continued to rise over the following 20

years

to 19% and 9% respectively.