Sport in Simpelveld

How many residents of Simpelveld play sport and get enough exercise every week: by age group, among schoolchildren and how that has changed since 2016. You can see Simpelveld alongside the rest of the Netherlands and alongside similar municipalities, plus which sports fields and courts are available.

Sport every week

  • Simpelveld 48%
  • GGD Zuid-Limburg 52%
  • Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

  • Simpelveld 35%
  • GGD Zuid-Limburg 42%
  • Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

  • 18–64, Simpelveld 56%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 63%
  • 65+, Simpelveld 33%
  • 65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

  • 18–64, Simpelveld 39%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 52%
  • 65+, Simpelveld 28%
  • 65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

  • Simpelveld 77%
  • Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

30%40%50%60%70% 2016202020222024 Simpelveld 48%Nederland 58%

Alongside other municipalities

30%40%50%60%70%80% NederlandLimburg Simpelveld 48%

Comparable municipalities

Pitches and courts

SimpelveldPer 10.000 residentsNetherlands
Football pitches98,87,3
Tennis courts65,85,1
Padel courts00,00,6
Hockey pitches00,00,6
Basketball courts00,01,2
Buitenfitness00,00,6
Skate parks00,00,4

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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