Sport in Vlissingen

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

Sport every week

Vlissingen 47%
GGD Zeeland 48%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Vlissingen 49%
GGD Zeeland 46%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Vlissingen 54%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Vlissingen 32%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Vlissingen 52%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Vlissingen 43%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Vlissingen 70%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Etten-Leur 57%
Veldhoven 56%
Ridderkerk 48%
Zwijndrecht 47%
Vlissingen 47%
Kerkrade 46%

Pitches and courts

	Vlissingen	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	35	7,6	7,3
Tennis courts	12	2,6	5,1
Padel courts	0	0,0	0,6
Hockey pitches	4	0,9	0,6
Basketball courts	11	2,4	1,2
Buitenfitness	3	0,7	0,6
Skate parks	4	0,9	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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