Sport in Westerkwartier

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

Sport every week

Westerkwartier 52%
GGD Groningen 55%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Westerkwartier 49%
GGD Groningen 50%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Westerkwartier 58%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Westerkwartier 36%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Westerkwartier 53%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Westerkwartier 40%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Westerkwartier 81%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Waadhoeke 53%
Westerkwartier 52%
Hollands Kroon 52%
West Betuwe 51%
Het Hogeland 46%
Noardeast-Fryslân 45%

Pitches and courts

	Westerkwartier	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	81	12,5	7,3
Tennis courts	25	3,9	5,1
Padel courts	1	0,2	0,6
Hockey pitches	2	0,3	0,6
Basketball courts	6	0,9	1,2
Buitenfitness	3	0,5	0,6
Skate parks	2	0,3	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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