Sport in Meierijstad

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

Sport every week

Meierijstad 60%
GGD Hart voor Brabant 59%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Meierijstad 49%
GGD Hart voor Brabant 47%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Meierijstad 66%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Meierijstad 46%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Meierijstad 50%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Meierijstad 48%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Meierijstad 86%
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

	Meierijstad	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	61	7,2	7,3
Tennis courts	74	8,7	5,1
Padel courts	5	0,6	0,6
Hockey pitches	11	1,3	0,6
Basketball courts	1	0,1	1,2
Buitenfitness	1	0,1	0,6
Skate parks	5	0,6	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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