The graph gives information on households with a regular use of a car in Great Britain from 1971 to 2007

The line graph illustrates the percentage of British families with their regular use of a

car

between 1971 and 2007.

Overall

,

it is clear that

the number of households who have more than one

car

had a significant increase over the period shown. In comparison, the proportion of people with no

car

dropped dramatically

while

the number of those with one

car

remained steady over 46 years. As can be seen, in 1971 there was a small minority who had three or more

cars

.

However

, in 2007 it began to increase gradually to nearly 6%.

Likewise

, people who used two

cars

were almost 8% in 1971

then

they increased enormously to about 26% in 2007.

On the other hand

, there were around 49% of households with no

car

in 1971. After that, they saw a sharp decline until they reached 25% in 2007.

Nevertheless

, the proportion of using

cars

registered mild fluctuations in the first decades

then

it stayed constant. It is interesting to notice that, the number of families who had no

car

and others who had two

cars

was the same in 2003.