Sport in Waterland

How many residents of Waterland play sport every week and get enough exercise: by age group, among schoolchildren, and how that has changed since 2016. See Waterland alongside the rest of the Netherlands and municipalities that resemble it, and which sports pitches and courts there are.

Sport every week

  • Waterland 64%
  • GGD Zaanstreek/Waterland 58%
  • Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

  • Waterland 50%
  • GGD Zaanstreek/Waterland 48%
  • Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

  • 18–64, Waterland 68%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 63%
  • 65+, Waterland 54%
  • 65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

  • 18–64, Waterland 51%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 52%
  • 65+, Waterland 48%
  • 65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

  • Waterland 82%
  • Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

40%50%60%70% 2016202020222024 Waterland 64%Nederland 58%

Alongside other municipalities

30%40%50%60%70%80% NederlandNoord-Holland Waterland 64%

Comparable municipalities

Pitches and courts

WaterlandPer 10.000 residentsNetherlands
Football pitches148,07,3
Tennis courts116,35,1
Padel courts00,00,6
Hockey pitches00,00,6
Basketball courts00,01,2
Buitenfitness00,00,6
Skate parks00,00,4

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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