Sport in Velsen

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

Sport every week

Velsen 58%
GGD Kennemerland 62%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Velsen 48%
GGD Kennemerland 51%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Velsen 63%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Velsen 45%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Velsen 50%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Velsen 42%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Velsen 78%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Pitches and courts

	Velsen	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	45	6,4	7,3
Tennis courts	35	5,0	5,1
Padel courts	16	2,3	0,6
Hockey pitches	3	0,4	0,6
Basketball courts	5	0,7	1,2
Buitenfitness	0	0,0	0,6
Skate parks	3	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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