The graph below gives information about car ownership in Britain from 1971 to 2007

The graph shows changes in the number of

cars

per household in Great Britain over a period of 36 years.

Overall

,

car

ownership in Britain increased between 1971 and 2007.

In particular

, the percentage of

households

with two

cars

rose,

while

the figure for

households

without a

car

fell. In 1971, almost half of all British

households

did not have regular use of a

car

. Around 44% of

households

had one

car

, but only about 7% had two

cars

. It was uncommon for families to own three or more

cars

, with around 2% of

households

falling into

this

category. The one-

car

household was the most common type from the late 1970s onwards,

although

there was little change in the figures for

this

category. The biggest change was seen in the proportion of

households

without a

car

, which fell steadily over the 36-year period to around 25% in 2007.

In contrast

, the proportion of two-

car

families rose steadily, reaching about 26% in 2007, and the proportion of

households

with more than two

cars

rose by around 5%.