Sport in Venlo

How many residents of Venlo 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 Venlo alongside the rest of the Netherlands and alongside similar municipalities, as well as which sports fields and courts there are.

Sport every week

  • Venlo 52%
  • GGD Limburg-Noord 54%
  • Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

  • Venlo 44%
  • GGD Limburg-Noord 47%
  • Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

  • 18–64, Venlo 55%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 63%
  • 65+, Venlo 45%
  • 65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

  • 18–64, Venlo 45%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 52%
  • 65+, Venlo 42%
  • 65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

  • Venlo 74%
  • Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

40%50%60%70% 2016202020222024 Venlo 52%Nederland 58%

Alongside other municipalities

30%40%50%60%70%80% NederlandLimburg Venlo 52%

Comparable municipalities

Pitches and courts

VenloPer 10.000 residentsNetherlands
Football pitches777,47,3
Tennis courts676,45,1
Padel courts10,10,6
Hockey pitches121,20,6
Basketball courts30,31,2
Buitenfitness10,10,6
Skate parks60,60,4

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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