Sport in Eindhoven

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

Sport every week

Eindhoven 61%
GGD Brabant-Zuidoost 58%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Eindhoven 54%
GGD Brabant-Zuidoost 49%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Eindhoven 66%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Eindhoven 42%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Eindhoven 57%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Eindhoven 41%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Eindhoven 76%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Utrecht 71%
Leiden 68%
Groningen 67%
Haarlem 66%
Eindhoven 61%
Tilburg 59%

Pitches and courts

	Eindhoven	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	156	6,3	7,3
Tennis courts	108	4,3	5,1
Padel courts	4	0,2	0,6
Hockey pitches	15	0,6	0,6
Basketball courts	37	1,5	1,2
Buitenfitness	15	0,6	0,6
Skate parks	13	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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