Sport in Purmerend

How many residents of Purmerend exercise every week and get enough exercise: by age group, among schoolchildren, and how this has changed since 2016. You can see Purmerend alongside the rest of the Netherlands and municipalities that resemble it, plus which sports fields and jobs there are.

Sport every week

  • Purmerend 54%
  • GGD Zaanstreek/Waterland 58%
  • Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

  • Purmerend 44%
  • GGD Zaanstreek/Waterland 48%
  • Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

  • 18–64, Purmerend 59%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 63%
  • 65+, Purmerend 42%
  • 65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

  • 18–64, Purmerend 47%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 52%
  • 65+, Purmerend 37%
  • 65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

  • Purmerend 76%
  • Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

30%40%50%60%70% 2016202020222024 Purmerend 54%Nederland 58%

Alongside other municipalities

30%40%50%60%70%80% NederlandNoord-Holland Purmerend 54%

Comparable municipalities

Pitches and courts

PurmerendPer 10.000 residentsNetherlands
Football pitches697,27,3
Tennis courts181,95,1
Padel courts70,70,6
Hockey pitches30,30,6
Basketball courts384,01,2
Buitenfitness40,40,6
Skate parks10,10,4

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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