Sports in Achtkarspelen

How many residents of Achtkarspelen play sport every week and get enough exercise: by age group, among schoolchildren and how this has changed since 2016. You can see Achtkarspelen alongside the rest of the Netherlands and alongside similar municipalities, and which sports fields and courses there are.

Sport every week

Achtkarspelen 47%
GGD Fryslân 53%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Achtkarspelen 45%
GGD Fryslân 50%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Achtkarspelen 54%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Achtkarspelen 29%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Achtkarspelen 47%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Achtkarspelen 37%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Achtkarspelen 73%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Dinkelland 62%
Opsterland 49%
Buren 47%
Achtkarspelen 47%
Maasdriel 46%
Westerwolde 41%

Pitches and courts

	Achtkarspelen	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	39	13,8	7,3
Tennis courts	14	5,0	5,1
Padel courts	0	0,0	0,6
Hockey pitches	0	0,0	0,6
Basketball courts	2	0,7	1,2
Buitenfitness	0	0,0	0,6
Skate parks	0	0,0	0,4

Sources: CBS/RIVM/GGD's, Health Monitor for Adults and Older People 2024, adults; in 2016 from 19 years old. The line on a bar is the margin of error (95%); pupils: Youth Health Monitor 2023, grades 2 and 4, weekly sport at a club or gym; comparable = equally urban and roughly equal in size, CBS, Key Figures for Neighbourhoods and Districts; pitches and courts: © OpenStreetMap contributors, as they appear on the map.

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