Sport in Texel

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

Sport every week

  • Texel 55%
  • GGD Hollands-Noorden 58%
  • Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

  • Texel 55%
  • GGD Hollands-Noorden 51%
  • Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

  • 18–64, Texel 61%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 63%
  • 65+, Texel 43%
  • 65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

  • 18–64, Texel 58%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 52%
  • 65+, Texel 49%
  • 65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

  • Texel 68%
  • Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

30%40%50%60%70% 2016202020222024 Texel 55%Nederland 58%

Alongside other municipalities

30%40%50%60%70%80% NederlandNoord-Holland Texel 55%

Comparable municipalities

Pitches and courts

TexelPer 10.000 residentsNetherlands
Football pitches3021,77,3
Tennis courts1410,15,1
Padel courts21,40,6
Hockey pitches00,00,6
Basketball courts00,01,2
Buitenfitness00,00,6
Skate parks10,70,4

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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