Sport in Zoetermeer

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

Sport every week

Zoetermeer 54%
GGD Haaglanden 60%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Zoetermeer 42%
GGD Haaglanden 51%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Zoetermeer 58%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Zoetermeer 45%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Zoetermeer 44%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Zoetermeer 36%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Zoetermeer 80%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Leiden 68%
Haarlem 66%
Delft 66%
Maastricht 59%
Dordrecht 54%
Zoetermeer 54%

Pitches and courts

	Zoetermeer	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	23	1,8	7,3
Tennis courts	35	2,7	5,1
Padel courts	4	0,3	0,6
Hockey pitches	6	0,5	0,6
Basketball courts	18	1,4	1,2
Buitenfitness	11	0,8	0,6
Skate parks	3	0,2	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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