Sport in Wageningen

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

Sport every week

  • Wageningen 67%
  • Veiligheids- en Gezondheidsregio Gelderland-Midden 58%
  • Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

  • Wageningen 66%
  • Veiligheids- en Gezondheidsregio Gelderland-Midden 51%
  • Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

  • 18–64, Wageningen 71%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 63%
  • 65+, Wageningen 48%
  • 65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

  • 18–64, Wageningen 69%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 52%
  • 65+, Wageningen 53%
  • 65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

  • Wageningen 75%
  • Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

40%50%60%70%80% 2016202020222024 Wageningen 67%Nederland 58%

Alongside other municipalities

30%40%50%60%70%80% NederlandGelderland Wageningen 67%

Comparable municipalities

Pitches and courts

WageningenPer 10.000 residentsNetherlands
Football pitches327,57,3
Tennis courts194,45,1
Padel courts00,00,6
Hockey pitches51,20,6
Basketball courts51,21,2
Buitenfitness71,60,6
Skate parks10,20,4

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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