Sport in Heerenveen

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

Sport every week

Heerenveen 56%
GGD Fryslân 53%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Heerenveen 54%
GGD Fryslân 50%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Heerenveen 62%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Heerenveen 39%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Heerenveen 57%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Heerenveen 48%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Heerenveen 78%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Woerden 62%
Soest 60%
Zuidplas 56%
Heerenveen 56%
Weert 55%
Waalwijk 53%

Pitches and courts

	Heerenveen	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	51	9,8	7,3
Tennis courts	31	6,0	5,1
Padel courts	3	0,6	0,6
Hockey pitches	1	0,2	0,6
Basketball courts	6	1,2	1,2
Buitenfitness	2	0,4	0,6
Skate parks	1	0,2	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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