Sport in Groningen

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

Sport every week

Groningen 67%
GGD Groningen 55%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Groningen 60%
GGD Groningen 50%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Groningen 73%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Groningen 43%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Groningen 63%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Groningen 41%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Groningen 79%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

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

Pitches and courts

	Groningen	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	158	6,5	7,3
Tennis courts	83	3,4	5,1
Padel courts	19	0,8	0,6
Hockey pitches	13	0,5	0,6
Basketball courts	31	1,3	1,2
Buitenfitness	16	0,7	0,6
Skate parks	11	0,5	0,4

Groningen by neighbourhood Sports in Groningen

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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