Sport in Lelystad

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

Sport every week

Lelystad 53%
GGD Flevoland 54%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Lelystad 46%
GGD Flevoland 46%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Lelystad 57%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Lelystad 40%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Lelystad 47%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Lelystad 41%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Lelystad 72%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Stichtse Vecht 62%
Meierijstad 60%
Dijk en Waard 59%
Oss 55%
Voorne aan Zee 55%
Lelystad 53%

Pitches and courts

	Lelystad	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	37	4,4	7,3
Tennis courts	20	2,4	5,1
Padel courts	7	0,8	0,6
Hockey pitches	4	0,5	0,6
Basketball courts	13	1,5	1,2
Buitenfitness	0	0,0	0,6
Skate parks	1	0,1	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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