Sport in Nijkerk

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

Sport every week

Nijkerk 59%
Veiligheids- en Gezondheidsregio Gelderland-Midden 58%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Nijkerk 51%
Veiligheids- en Gezondheidsregio Gelderland-Midden 51%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Nijkerk 64%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Nijkerk 44%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Nijkerk 54%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Nijkerk 43%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Nijkerk 78%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

De Bilt 64%
Noordwijk 61%
Heusden 61%
Nijkerk 59%
Venray 57%
Zevenaar 53%

Pitches and courts

	Nijkerk	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	28	6,1	7,3
Tennis courts	29	6,3	5,1
Padel courts	8	1,7	0,6
Hockey pitches	6	1,3	0,6
Basketball courts	4	0,9	1,2
Buitenfitness	0	0,0	0,6
Skate parks	2	0,4	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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