Sport in Het Hogeland

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

Sport every week

Het Hogeland 46%
GGD Groningen 55%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Het Hogeland 44%
GGD Groningen 50%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Het Hogeland 51%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Het Hogeland 35%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Het Hogeland 43%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Het Hogeland 46%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Het Hogeland 72%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Pitches and courts

	Het Hogeland	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	57	11,8	7,3
Tennis courts	24	5,0	5,1
Padel courts	1	0,2	0,6
Hockey pitches	2	0,4	0,6
Basketball courts	9	1,9	1,2
Buitenfitness	2	0,4	0,6
Skate parks	2	0,4	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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