Sport in Kerkrade

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

Sport every week

  • Kerkrade 46%
  • GGD Zuid-Limburg 52%
  • Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

  • Kerkrade 37%
  • GGD Zuid-Limburg 42%
  • Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

  • 18–64, Kerkrade 51%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 63%
  • 65+, Kerkrade 37%
  • 65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

  • 18–64, Kerkrade 40%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 52%
  • 65+, Kerkrade 29%
  • 65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

  • Kerkrade 65%
  • Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

30%40%50%60%70% 2016202020222024 Kerkrade 46%Nederland 58%

Alongside other municipalities

30%40%50%60%70%80% NederlandLimburg Kerkrade 46%

Comparable municipalities

Pitches and courts

KerkradePer 10.000 residentsNetherlands
Football pitches265,77,3
Tennis courts81,85,1
Padel courts20,40,6
Hockey pitches00,00,6
Basketball courts10,21,2
Buitenfitness20,40,6
Skate parks20,40,4

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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