Sports in Nieuwegein

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

Sport every week

Nieuwegein 56%
GGD Regio Utrecht 63%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Nieuwegein 43%
GGD Regio Utrecht 52%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Nieuwegein 60%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Nieuwegein 44%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Nieuwegein 45%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Nieuwegein 38%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Nieuwegein 79%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Zeist 66%
Velsen 58%
Nieuwegein 56%
Bergen op Zoom 55%
Capelle aan den IJssel 53%
Katwijk 53%

Pitches and courts

	Nieuwegein	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	39	5,8	7,3
Tennis courts	24	3,6	5,1
Padel courts	4	0,6	0,6
Hockey pitches	4	0,6	0,6
Basketball courts	12	1,8	1,2
Buitenfitness	2	0,3	0,6
Skate parks	5	0,7	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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