Sport in Wijchen

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

Sport every week

  • Wijchen 61%
  • GGD Gelderland-Zuid 58%
  • Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

  • Wijchen 48%
  • GGD Gelderland-Zuid 47%
  • Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

  • 18–64, Wijchen 67%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 63%
  • 65+, Wijchen 47%
  • 65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

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

Pupils

  • Wijchen 82%
  • Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

40%50%60%70% 2016202020222024 Wijchen 61%Nederland 58%

Alongside other municipalities

30%40%50%60%70%80% NederlandGelderland Wijchen 61%

Comparable municipalities

Pitches and courts

WijchenPer 10.000 residentsNetherlands
Football pitches327,67,3
Tennis courts163,85,1
Padel courts41,00,6
Hockey pitches30,70,6
Basketball courts81,91,2
Buitenfitness00,00,6
Skate parks30,70,4

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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