Sport in Leeuwarden

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

Sport every week

Leeuwarden 60%
GGD Fryslân 53%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Leeuwarden 52%
GGD Fryslân 50%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Leeuwarden 65%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Leeuwarden 43%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Leeuwarden 54%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Leeuwarden 48%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Leeuwarden 77%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Zwolle 64%
's-Hertogenbosch 63%
Alkmaar 62%
Leeuwarden 60%
Alphen aan den Rijn 56%
Ede 56%

Pitches and courts

	Leeuwarden	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	128	9,8	7,3
Tennis courts	61	4,7	5,1
Padel courts	5	0,4	0,6
Hockey pitches	3	0,2	0,6
Basketball courts	26	2,0	1,2
Buitenfitness	7	0,5	0,6
Skate parks	6	0,5	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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