Sport in Vaals

How many residents of Vaals play sport and get enough exercise every week: by age group and how this has changed since 2016. You can see Vaals alongside the rest of the Netherlands and similar municipalities, as well as which sports pitches and courts there are.

Sport every week

Vaals 50%
GGD Zuid-Limburg 52%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Vaals 40%
GGD Zuid-Limburg 42%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Vaals 59%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Vaals 34%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Vaals 45%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Vaals 32%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Laren (NH.) 69%
Landsmeer 65%
Oostzaan 64%
Eemnes 64%
Blaricum 64%
Vaals 50%

Pitches and courts

	Vaals	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	11	11,0	7,3
Tennis courts	7	7,0	5,1
Padel courts	0	0,0	0,6
Hockey pitches	0	0,0	0,6
Basketball courts	1	1,0	1,2
Buitenfitness	0	0,0	0,6
Skate parks	0	0,0	0,4

Sources: CBS/RIVM/GGD'en, Health Monitor for adults and older people 2024, adults; in 2016 from 19 years. The line on a bar is the margin of error (95%); comparable = equally urban and roughly equally large, CBS, Key figures for neighbourhoods and districts; fields and facilities: © OpenStreetMap contributors, as they appear on the map.

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