Sport in Leiden

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

Sport every week

Leiden 68%
GGD Hollands-Midden 59%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Leiden 60%
GGD Hollands-Midden 50%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Leiden 73%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Leiden 46%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Leiden 63%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Leiden 48%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Leiden 77%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Leiden 68%
Haarlem 66%
Delft 66%
Maastricht 59%
Dordrecht 54%
Zoetermeer 54%

Pitches and courts

	Leiden	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	60	4,6	7,3
Tennis courts	48	3,7	5,1
Padel courts	3	0,2	0,6
Hockey pitches	6	0,5	0,6
Basketball courts	28	2,1	1,2
Buitenfitness	16	1,2	0,6
Skate parks	2	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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