Sport in Apeldoorn

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

Sport every week

Apeldoorn 60%
GGD Noord- en Oost-Gelderland 56%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Apeldoorn 52%
GGD Noord- en Oost-Gelderland 50%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Apeldoorn 68%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Apeldoorn 42%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Apeldoorn 55%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Apeldoorn 44%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Apeldoorn 75%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Amersfoort 65%
Apeldoorn 60%
Haarlemmermeer 60%
Enschede 60%
Arnhem 59%
Zaanstad 55%

Pitches and courts

	Apeldoorn	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	109	6,5	7,3
Tennis courts	105	6,2	5,1
Padel courts	20	1,2	0,6
Hockey pitches	8	0,5	0,6
Basketball courts	22	1,3	1,2
Buitenfitness	56	3,3	0,6
Skate parks	7	0,4	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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