Proximity to facilities; distances by car, regional

Proximity to facilities; distances by car, regional

Regions Periods Health and wellbeing General practice Distance to GP practice (km) Health and wellbeing General practice Number of GP practices Within 1 km (number) Health and wellbeing General practice Number of GP practices Within 3 km (number) Health and wellbeing General practice Number of GP practices Within 5 km (number) Health and wellbeing General practice Distance to GP post (km) Health and wellbeing Distance to pharmacy (km) Health and wellbeing Hospital (incl. outpatient clinic) Distance to hospital (km) Health and wellbeing Hospital (incl. outpatient clinic) Number of hospitals Within 5 km (number) Health and wellbeing Hospital (incl. outpatient clinic) Number of hospitals Within 10 km (number) Health and wellbeing Hospital (incl. outpatient clinic) Number of hospitals Within 20 km (number)
The Netherlands 2023* 1.1 1.2 7.7 16.8 6.9 1.3 4.9 1.1 2.9 8.6
Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023* 1.5 0.9 4.3 7.7 9.5 1.9 8.9 0.5 1.0 2.1
Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023* 1.2 0.9 4.5 8.5 8.3 1.5 5.3 0.7 1.6 4.9
West-Nederland (LD) 2023* 0.9 1.6 10.9 25.1 5.6 1.1 3.8 1.5 4.2 12.7
Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023* 1.1 1.0 5.3 10.7 7.1 1.4 5.2 0.9 2.0 5.8
Groningen (PV) 2023* 1.3 1.1 6.5 12.3 9.5 1.7 8.3 0.7 1.4 2.5
Fryslân (PV) 2023* 1.6 0.8 3.7 6.0 10.7 2.0 10.4 0.4 0.6 1.6
Drenthe (PV) 2023* 1.7 0.7 2.4 4.4 7.9 2.0 7.8 0.5 0.9 2.4
Overijssel (PV) 2023* 1.3 0.9 5.0 9.0 9.1 1.5 5.4 0.7 1.3 4.3
Flevoland (PV) 2023* 1.4 0.8 4.4 8.6 5.5 1.6 4.6 0.7 1.3 2.8
Gelderland (PV) 2023* 1.2 0.9 4.3 8.1 8.4 1.5 5.4 0.8 1.9 5.6
Utrecht (PV) 2023* 1.0 1.1 6.7 14.2 7.0 1.1 4.0 1.0 3.3 10.5
Noord-Holland (PV) 2023* 0.9 1.8 13.7 31.0 5.1 1.1 3.8 1.3 3.4 9.8
Zuid-Holland (PV) 2023* 0.8 1.6 11.2 26.7 5.2 1.0 3.4 2.0 5.6 16.9
Zeeland (PV) 2023* 1.5 0.6 2.2 3.7 8.8 1.8 6.4 0.7 1.3 2.0
Noord-Brabant (PV) 2023* 1.1 1.0 5.6 11.2 6.8 1.4 5.4 0.8 2.1 6.2
Limburg (PV) 2023* 1.1 1.0 4.5 9.5 7.7 1.6 4.7 0.9 1.9 4.7
Oost-Groningen (CR) 2023* 1.6 0.6 2.2 3.3 10.5 1.8 8.1 0.4 0.7 2.2
Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 2023* 1.8 0.3 1.2 1.9 6.5 1.7 7.1 0.4 0.7 1.3
Overig Groningen (CR) 2023* 1.1 1.3 8.5 16.4 9.5 1.6 8.5 0.8 1.7 2.8
Noord-Friesland (CR) 2023* 1.5 0.9 4.3 7.5 11.6 1.8 12.8 0.3 0.4 1.0
Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2023* 2.1 0.6 2.1 2.9 11.9 2.7 7.5 0.5 0.8 2.4
Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 2023* 1.5 1.0 3.7 5.6 8.3 1.8 8.5 0.6 0.8 2.1
Noord-Drenthe (CR) 2023* 1.7 0.8 2.9 5.2 8.4 1.8 8.8 0.6 1.1 2.8
Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 2023* 1.7 0.5 1.6 3.3 9.7 2.5 7.8 0.4 0.6 1.9
Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 2023* 1.6 0.6 2.8 4.8 5.0 1.5 6.2 0.5 0.9 2.5
Noord-Overijssel (CR) 2023* 1.5 0.8 3.7 6.6 9.3 1.6 6.0 0.7 1.1 3.6
Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 2023* 1.3 0.9 5.3 8.7 13.9 1.4 4.9 0.7 0.9 3.4
Twente (CR) 2023* 1.2 1.0 5.7 10.5 7.8 1.4 5.2 0.8 1.6 5.1
Veluwe (CR) 2023* 1.2 0.9 4.8 9.2 9.4 1.4 5.2 0.8 1.9 5.3
Achterhoek (CR) 2023* 1.4 0.9 3.1 4.9 8.9 1.7 6.2 0.5 1.2 4.1
Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 2023* 1.1 1.0 5.1 10.2 6.6 1.3 4.7 0.9 2.6 6.7
Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 2023* 1.4 0.8 2.4 3.9 9.7 1.8 6.6 0.5 1.1 5.3
Utrecht (CR) 2023* 1.0 1.1 6.7 14.2 7.0 1.1 4.0 1.0 3.3 10.5
Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 2023* 1.2 0.8 3.5 6.5 8.7 2.0 6.9 0.5 0.8 2.6
Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) 2023* 1.0 1.1 7.0 13.9 6.1 1.3 3.9 1.4 3.4 6.6
IJmond (CR) 2023* 0.7 1.5 7.8 14.5 5.1 1.0 3.6 1.2 3.4 9.1
Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) 2023* 0.7 2.0 13.9 29.8 3.6 0.8 3.6 1.0 3.0 11.1
Zaanstreek (CR) 2023* 0.9 1.1 7.1 14.7 5.2 1.1 3.3 0.8 2.1 11.8
Groot-Amsterdam (CR) 2023* 0.8 2.3 20.2 47.9 4.0 0.9 3.0 1.6 4.5 12.0
Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) 2023* 0.9 1.3 8.1 13.6 6.5 1.0 4.4 0.7 2.1 9.3
Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) 2023* 0.8 1.6 9.7 21.6 5.8 1.0 3.6 1.5 3.9 12.0
Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) 2023* 0.8 2.1 19.3 47.8 3.6 0.8 2.8 2.3 5.6 17.2
Delft en Westland (CR) 2023* 0.8 1.4 7.9 17.2 3.4 1.0 2.9 1.1 3.9 18.4
Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2023* 0.9 1.1 4.5 8.4 6.4 1.3 4.6 0.8 2.0 10.6
Groot-Rijnmond (CR) 2023* 0.9 1.6 10.2 24.7 5.8 1.0 3.4 2.6 7.6 20.7
Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2023* 1.0 1.2 5.9 12.5 6.6 1.0 4.0 1.3 3.5 12.1
Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 2023* 2.1 0.5 1.2 1.8 9.5 2.5 6.2 0.5 0.8 1.7
Overig Zeeland (CR) 2023* 1.3 0.7 2.6 4.4 8.5 1.5 6.4 0.7 1.4 2.2
West-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023* 1.0 1.0 5.3 10.6 5.9 1.2 4.6 0.7 1.8 5.5
Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023* 1.0 1.3 7.0 13.9 6.9 1.4 6.0 0.7 1.5 5.7
Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023* 1.2 0.8 4.1 7.5 7.6 1.5 5.6 0.8 2.0 6.8
Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023* 1.1 1.1 6.2 13.1 6.9 1.4 5.4 1.0 2.7 6.6
Noord-Limburg (CR) 2023* 1.3 0.7 2.5 5.1 10.9 2.1 4.7 1.0 1.7 5.2
Midden-Limburg (CR) 2023* 1.2 1.1 3.9 6.6 6.9 1.7 4.8 0.5 1.2 4.3
Zuid-Limburg (CR) 2023* 0.9 1.1 5.8 12.8 6.4 1.2 4.6 1.0 2.2 4.7
Flevoland (CR) 2023* 1.4 0.8 4.4 8.6 5.5 1.6 4.6 0.7 1.3 2.8
Aa en Hunze 2023* 2.4 0.4 0.8 1.6 11.2 2.5 10.9 0.0 0.6 3.1
Aalburg 2023*
Aalsmeer 2023* 0.9 1.0 3.4 9.0 9.7 1.0 5.2 0.4 1.7 12.7
Aalten 2023* 1.5 1.1 2.6 3.2 14.5 1.6 13.7 0.0 0.1 1.8
Ter Aar 2023*
Abcoude 2023*
Achtkarspelen 2023* 1.6 0.6 1.5 3.0 13.9 1.8 15.6 0.0 0.0 0.7
Alblasserdam 2023* 0.9 0.8 2.4 6.1 11.5 1.0 7.9 0.0 3.3 21.6
Albrandswaard 2023* 0.9 0.9 4.4 10.9 7.9 1.0 5.9 0.5 5.8 21.9
Alkemade 2023*
Alkmaar 2023* 1.0 1.5 9.3 17.8 4.0 1.2 3.9 1.9 4.1 6.5
Almelo 2023* 1.2 1.1 7.3 13.0 4.1 1.3 4.1 0.7 1.0 5.0
Almere 2023* 1.1 0.8 4.7 10.0 5.0 1.3 4.4 0.7 1.6 3.2
Alphen aan den Rijn 2023* 0.9 1.0 4.8 8.8 4.3 1.1 4.2 0.7 1.6 10.3
Alphen-Chaam 2023* 1.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 12.5 4.4 12.2 0.0 0.2 3.3
Altena 2023* 1.1 0.6 1.4 2.4 11.7 1.8 11.4 0.0 0.2 4.9
Ambt Montfort 2023*
Ameland 2023* 2.2 0.4 0.7 1.0 29.0 2.2 46.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Amersfoort 2023* 0.9 1.1 6.7 14.9 4.0 0.9 4.0 1.0 2.5 11.4
Amstelveen 2023* 0.9 1.0 7.9 16.7 2.8 0.8 2.8 1.4 5.1 12.7
Amsterdam 2023* 0.6 3.0 28.3 67.4 3.2 0.7 2.6 2.1 5.4 13.0
Andijk 2023*
Anna Paulowna 2023*
Apeldoorn 2023* 0.9 1.0 7.4 17.3 5.8 1.1 4.4 1.0 1.9 3.7
Appingedam 2023*
Arcen en Velden 2023*
Arnhem 2023* 1.0 0.9 5.7 13.5 3.0 1.1 2.8 1.3 2.9 8.1
Assen 2023* 1.1 0.8 3.9 8.7 4.0 1.1 2.6 1.6 2.0 2.0
Asten 2023* 1.3 0.9 2.5 4.2 13.4 1.7 9.9 0.0 0.6 6.2
Baarle-Nassau 2023* 2.5 0.4 0.7 1.0 19.9 2.4 19.3 0.0 0.0 1.2
Baarn 2023* 0.9 1.9 6.1 11.0 9.8 0.9 1.7 1.0 3.4 12.2
Barendrecht 2023* 1.4 1.5 7.8 19.8 5.5 1.4 2.9 1.6 7.3 24.5
Barneveld 2023* 1.3 0.6 3.3 4.5 16.5 1.8 4.1 1.1 2.1 7.9
Bedum 2023*
Beek (L.) 2023* 1.0 0.6 3.9 12.4 6.8 1.4 6.3 0.1 1.0 7.0
Beekdaelen 2023* 1.0 0.7 2.6 8.0 9.5 1.8 7.1 0.3 1.4 5.9
Beemster 2023*
Beesel 2023* 1.0 0.5 1.5 3.7 11.1 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.3 6.0
Bellingwedde 2023*
Bennebroek 2023*
Berg en Dal 2023* 1.0 0.9 2.6 5.2 12.6 2.5 10.3 0.1 1.3 4.4
Bergambacht 2023*
Bergeijk 2023* 1.2 0.6 1.3 3.5 13.7 2.7 13.7 0.0 0.1 2.5
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

This table contains information about the average distances for residents of the Netherlands from their home address to the nearest facilities (e.g. school, GP or library). The table also includes information about the number of facilities located within a certain distance from the residential address. These data are calculated as an average over all persons in the area.

The data are available at different regional levels. The lowest level is the municipality.

From 2022, the calculation of distances from addresses to the (nearest) facilities has been improved: from then on, driving directions are taken into account when determining the routes and distances from addresses to the (nearest) facilities. In previous years, this did not happen or only to a limited extent.

Data available from: 2006

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final until reporting year 2022.
From reporting year 2023 on, the figures will first be published as preliminary.
Once all variables in a reporting year have been published as preliminary, they will be made final at the next publication moment.


Changes per October 2024

Data on the following themes were added for the year 2021:

Employment: number of jobs
A-U all economic activities
A Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
B-F Industry and energy
G-N Commercial services
O-U Non-commercial services

Data on the following themes were added for the year 2022:

Employment: number of jobs
A-U all economic activities
A Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
B-F Industry and energy
G-N Commercial services
O-U Non-commercial services

Data on the following themes were added for the year 2023:

Health and wellbeing
GP practices
GP post
Pharmacy
Hospital (incl. outpatient clinic)
Hospital (excl. outpatient clinic)

Retail
Department store

Education
Primary education
Secondary education total
Secondary education Vmbo
Secondary education HAVO/VWO

Traffic and transport
Main highway entrance
Train stations
Important transfer station

Leisure and culture
Artificial ice skating rink
Attraction
Museum
Performing arts
Pop music venue

Other
Fire station

In the current update, the preliminary figures on the proximity of cafeterias for 2023 have been temporarily withdrawn for further research. They will be added again in the next update (spring 2025).

When will new figures be released?
For reporting year 2023, new figures are expected in the spring of 2025.

Description topics

Health and wellbeing
General practice
Building or space in which one or more general practitioners work (together).
Distance to GP practice
The average distance of all inhabitants in an area to the nearest general practice, calculated by road.
As of the reporting year 2020, Statistics Netherlands receives the population of GP practices in a different form than before: the secondary addresses of GP practices are no longer part of the population. Due to this change in the source files, the results from reporting year 2020 are no longer comparable with those of previous years. An analysis for the reporting year 2019 into the effect of omitting the secondary addresses shows that the distance to the nearest general practitioner practice increases by 0.1 km on a national level. At neighbourhood level, the distance can be up to 7 km longer in certain regions.
Number of GP practices
The average number of GP practices within a fixed distance by road for all residents of an area.
Within 1 km
Within 3 km
Within 5 km
Distance to GP post
GP post
Place where general practitioners from the region provide evening, night and weekend shifts. A number of GP posts work with alternating shifts.

The average distance of all residents in an area to the nearest GP post, calculated by road.

Up to and including 2012, the distance from a residential address to one of the GP posts in a cluster of alternating shifts was determined as the average of the distances to all GP posts within that cluster.
As of 2013, no information is available anymore about alternating shifts. The distance is then determined from the home address to the nearest GP post, regardless of any alternating shifts.
Distance to pharmacy
Pharmacy, including GP office with an in-house pharmacy.

The average distance of all residents in an area to the nearest pharmacy, calculated by road.
Hospital (incl. outpatient clinic)
Hospital (including outpatient clinic).

Hospital
Institution for research, treatment and nursing of the sick.
In a hospital, patients can be admitted for more than 24 hours and major operations can be performed.

Outpatient clinic
Location of a hospital where patients who are not bedridden are treated or monitored.
Patients are not admitted for more than 24 hours and no major surgeries are performed.
Distance to hospital
The average distance of all residents in an area to the nearest hospital, calculated by road.
Number of hospitals
The average number of hospitals within a fixed distance by road for all residents of an area.
Within 5 km
Within 10 km
Within 20 km