Sport in Den Helder

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

Sport every week

Den Helder 48%
GGD Hollands-Noorden 58%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Den Helder 50%
GGD Hollands-Noorden 51%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Den Helder 52%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Den Helder 37%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Den Helder 51%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Den Helder 48%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Den Helder 66%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Gooise Meren 66%
Houten 65%
Pijnacker-Nootdorp 62%
Oosterhout 58%
Roermond 56%
Den Helder 48%

Pitches and courts

	Den Helder	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	36	6,4	7,3
Tennis courts	37	6,5	5,1
Padel courts	5	0,9	0,6
Hockey pitches	1	0,2	0,6
Basketball courts	16	2,8	1,2
Buitenfitness	1	0,2	0,6
Skate parks	3	0,5	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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