Sport in Westerwolde

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

Sport every week

Westerwolde 41%
GGD Groningen 55%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Westerwolde 40%
GGD Groningen 50%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Westerwolde 47%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Westerwolde 29%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Westerwolde 42%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Westerwolde 36%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Westerwolde 72%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Dinkelland 62%
Eijsden-Margraten 55%
Buren 47%
Achtkarspelen 47%
Maasdriel 46%
Westerwolde 41%

Pitches and courts

	Westerwolde	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	31	11,3	7,3
Tennis courts	13	4,7	5,1
Padel courts	0	0,0	0,6
Hockey pitches	0	0,0	0,6
Basketball courts	2	0,7	1,2
Buitenfitness	3	1,1	0,6
Skate parks	0	0,0	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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