Sport in Delft

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

Sport every week

Delft 66%
GGD Haaglanden 60%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Delft 57%
GGD Haaglanden 51%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Delft 71%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Delft 46%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Delft 61%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Delft 44%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Delft 72%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Delft 66%
Amstelveen 64%
Hilversum 62%
Maastricht 59%
Dordrecht 54%
Zoetermeer 54%

Pitches and courts

	Delft	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	79	7,2	7,3
Tennis courts	49	4,4	5,1
Padel courts	4	0,4	0,6
Hockey pitches	11	1,0	0,6
Basketball courts	22	2,0	1,2
Buitenfitness	9	0,8	0,6
Skate parks	3	0,3	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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