Sport in Sittard-Geleen

How many residents of Sittard-Geleen play sport and get enough exercise every week: by age group, among schoolchildren, and how this has changed since 2016. You can see Sittard-Geleen alongside the rest of the Netherlands and comparable municipalities, plus which sports fields and jobs there are.

Sport every week

  • Sittard-Geleen 53%
  • GGD Zuid-Limburg 52%
  • Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

  • Sittard-Geleen 42%
  • GGD Zuid-Limburg 42%
  • Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

  • 18–64, Sittard-Geleen 58%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 63%
  • 65+, Sittard-Geleen 42%
  • 65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

  • 18–64, Sittard-Geleen 44%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 52%
  • 65+, Sittard-Geleen 38%
  • 65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

  • Sittard-Geleen 77%
  • Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

40%50%60%70% 2016202020222024 Sittard-Geleen 53%Nederland 58%

Alongside other municipalities

30%40%50%60%70%80% NederlandLimburg Sittard-Geleen 53%

Comparable municipalities

Pitches and courts

Sittard-GeleenPer 10.000 residentsNetherlands
Football pitches475,17,3
Tennis courts313,45,1
Padel courts30,30,6
Hockey pitches40,40,6
Basketball courts70,81,2
Buitenfitness20,20,6
Skate parks20,20,4

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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