Sport in Veendam

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

Sport every week

Veendam 47%
GGD Groningen 55%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Veendam 44%
GGD Groningen 50%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Veendam 52%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Veendam 37%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Veendam 47%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Veendam 37%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Veendam 72%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Wassenaar 64%
Dongen 59%
Beuningen 58%
Albrandswaard 58%
Gilze en Rijen 56%
Veendam 47%

Pitches and courts

	Veendam	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	28	10,1	7,3
Tennis courts	11	4,0	5,1
Padel courts	0	0,0	0,6
Hockey pitches	0	0,0	0,6
Basketball courts	6	2,2	1,2
Buitenfitness	1	0,4	0,6
Skate parks	1	0,4	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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