Sport in Vlaardingen

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

Sport every week

Vlaardingen 51%
GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond 54%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Vlaardingen 42%
GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond 44%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Vlaardingen 56%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Vlaardingen 38%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Vlaardingen 45%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Vlaardingen 31%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Vlaardingen 76%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Amstelveen 64%
Hilversum 62%
Leidschendam-Voorburg 60%
Gouda 56%
Vlaardingen 51%
Schiedam 51%

Pitches and courts

	Vlaardingen	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	37	4,8	7,3
Tennis courts	15	1,9	5,1
Padel courts	2	0,3	0,6
Hockey pitches	3	0,4	0,6
Basketball courts	3	0,4	1,2
Buitenfitness	2	0,3	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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