The chart below shows the percentage changes in car ownership among households in a European country from 1971 to 2001.
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The bar chart illustrates changes in the proportion of households with no car, one car and two cars in a European nation over the 30-year period from 1971 to 2001.
Overall, car ownership became increasingly common over the period: while the percentage of households with no car saw a marked decline, the share of families owning two cars rose considerably, and one-car households remained the most prevalent group by 2001.
In detail, nearly half of households (48%) did not have a car in 1971, which was the highest figure for that category. This proportion dropped steadily to 30% by 1991 and stayed at this level in 2001. By contrast, the share of households with two cars almost doubled from 16% in 1971 to 30% in 2001, after a slight dip to 21% in 1991.
Turning to one-car households, their percentage grew from 35% in 1971 to a peak of 48% in 1991, before decreasing marginally to 43% in 2001. At the end of the timeframe, one-car families accounted for the largest proportion, while the shares of households with no car and two cars were identical at 30%. (全文,符合字数要求)