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

The line graph provides data about the change in

car

ownership

between 1971 and 2007 in the UK.

Overall

, the proportion of

households

with the regular use of one automobile remained almost steady over a period of 36 years. The most dramatic decline was seen in the

percentage

of

households

with use no

car

. The

percentage

of

households

with the regular use of one

car

and 3 or more cars remained almost unchangeable over the period.

While

the

percentage

was around 3 per cent and 45 per cent in 1971 in the

ownership

of 3 or more and one

car

relatively, the

percentage

remained approximately the same in 2007 with the

percentage

of 5 and 44 respectively. A sharp decrease and increase in the

percentage

of

households

with

ownership

of no automobile

and

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two cars was seen from 1971 to 2007.

Whereas

the

percentage

fell in the no

car

usage from 48 % to 25 %, the proportion of

households

with the

ownership

of 2 cars rose from 7% to 26% for the period of 36 years. The change in proportion was about 20 % in both categories.