Sport in Heemskerk

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

Sport every week

  • Heemskerk 57%
  • GGD Kennemerland 62%
  • Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

  • Heemskerk 51%
  • GGD Kennemerland 51%
  • Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

  • 18–64, Heemskerk 63%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 63%
  • 65+, Heemskerk 42%
  • 65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

  • 18–64, Heemskerk 53%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 52%
  • 65+, Heemskerk 46%
  • 65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

  • Heemskerk 81%
  • Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

40%50%60%70% 2016202020222024 Heemskerk 57%Nederland 58%

Alongside other municipalities

30%40%50%60%70%80% NederlandNoord-Holland Heemskerk 57%

Comparable municipalities

Pitches and courts

HeemskerkPer 10.000 residentsNetherlands
Football pitches174,37,3
Tennis courts00,05,1
Padel courts10,30,6
Hockey pitches00,00,6
Basketball courts71,81,2
Buitenfitness00,00,6
Skate parks30,80,4

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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