Sport in Soest

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

Sport every week

Soest 60%
GGD Regio Utrecht 63%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Soest 48%
GGD Regio Utrecht 52%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Soest 66%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Soest 44%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Soest 51%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Soest 42%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Soest 85%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Noordwijk 61%
Heusden 61%
Soest 60%
Nijkerk 59%
Zuidplas 56%
Zevenaar 53%

Pitches and courts

	Soest	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	19	4,0	7,3
Tennis courts	30	6,3	5,1
Padel courts	2	0,4	0,6
Hockey pitches	4	0,8	0,6
Basketball courts	2	0,4	1,2
Buitenfitness	3	0,6	0,6
Skate parks	1	0,2	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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