Proximity to facilities; distances by car, regional

Proximity to facilities; distances by car, regional

Regions Periods Employment: number of jobs A-U all economic activities Within 10 km (x 1 000) Employment: number of jobs A-U all economic activities Within 20 km (x 1 000) Employment: number of jobs A-U all economic activities Within 50 km (x 1 000) Green areas Distance to recreational inland waters (km)
The Netherlands 2024* . . . .
Noord-Nederland (LD) 2024* . . . .
Oost-Nederland (LD) 2024* . . . .
West-Nederland (LD) 2024* . . . .
Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2024* . . . .
Groningen (PV) 2024* . . . .
Fryslân (PV) 2024* . . . .
Drenthe (PV) 2024* . . . .
Overijssel (PV) 2024* . . . .
Flevoland (PV) 2024* . . . .
Gelderland (PV) 2024* . . . .
Utrecht (PV) 2024* . . . .
Noord-Holland (PV) 2024* . . . .
Zuid-Holland (PV) 2024* . . . .
Zeeland (PV) 2024* . . . .
Noord-Brabant (PV) 2024* . . . .
Limburg (PV) 2024* . . . .
Oost-Groningen (CR) 2024* . . . .
Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 2024* . . . .
Overig Groningen (CR) 2024* . . . .
Noord-Friesland (CR) 2024* . . . .
Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2024* . . . .
Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 2024* . . . .
Noord-Drenthe (CR) 2024* . . . .
Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 2024* . . . .
Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 2024* . . . .
Noord-Overijssel (CR) 2024* . . . .
Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 2024* . . . .
Twente (CR) 2024* . . . .
Veluwe (CR) 2024* . . . .
Achterhoek (CR) 2024* . . . .
Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 2024* . . . .
Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 2024* . . . .
Utrecht (CR) 2024* . . . .
Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 2024* . . . .
Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) 2024* . . . .
IJmond (CR) 2024* . . . .
Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) 2024* . . . .
Zaanstreek (CR) 2024* . . . .
Groot-Amsterdam (CR) 2024* . . . .
Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) 2024* . . . .
Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) 2024* . . . .
Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) 2024* . . . .
Delft en Westland (CR) 2024* . . . .
Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2024* . . . .
Groot-Rijnmond (CR) 2024* . . . .
Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2024* . . . .
Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 2024* . . . .
Overig Zeeland (CR) 2024* . . . .
West-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2024* . . . .
Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2024* . . . .
Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2024* . . . .
Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2024* . . . .
Noord-Limburg (CR) 2024* . . . .
Midden-Limburg (CR) 2024* . . . .
Zuid-Limburg (CR) 2024* . . . .
Flevoland (CR) 2024* . . . .
Aa en Hunze 2024* . . . .
Aalburg 2024*
Aalsmeer 2024* . . . .
Aalten 2024* . . . .
Ter Aar 2024*
Abcoude 2024*
Achtkarspelen 2024* . . . .
Alblasserdam 2024* . . . .
Albrandswaard 2024* . . . .
Alkemade 2024*
Alkmaar 2024* . . . .
Almelo 2024* . . . .
Almere 2024* . . . .
Alphen aan den Rijn 2024* . . . .
Alphen-Chaam 2024* . . . .
Altena 2024* . . . .
Ambt Montfort 2024*
Ameland 2024* . . . .
Amersfoort 2024* . . . .
Amstelveen 2024* . . . .
Amsterdam 2024* . . . .
Andijk 2024*
Anna Paulowna 2024*
Apeldoorn 2024* . . . .
Appingedam 2024*
Arcen en Velden 2024*
Arnhem 2024* . . . .
Assen 2024* . . . .
Asten 2024* . . . .
Baarle-Nassau 2024* . . . .
Baarn 2024* . . . .
Barendrecht 2024* . . . .
Barneveld 2024* . . . .
Bedum 2024*
Beek (L.) 2024* . . . .
Beekdaelen 2024* . . . .
Beemster 2024*
Beesel 2024* . . . .
Bellingwedde 2024*
Bennebroek 2024*
Berg en Dal 2024* . . . .
Bergambacht 2024*
Bergeijk 2024* . . . .
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, as of 1 January. 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 2023.
From reporting year 2023 on, the figures are first 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 2025
Data on the following themes were added for the year 2024:

Leisure and culture
- Museum
- Performing arts (excl. festivals)
- Pop music venue

When will new figures be released?
In the summer of 2026, the first figures for reporting year 2025 will be added to this table.

Description topics

Employment: number of jobs
A job is an explicit or implicit employment contract between a person and an economic unit that stipulates that work will be performed for which there is a (financial) reward.

The average number of jobs within a fixed distance by road for all inhabitants of an area.
A-U all economic activities
All economic activities
This category is a combination of categories:
A Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
B Extraction of minerals
C Industry
D Production, distribution and trade of electricity, natural gas, steam and cooled air
E Water extraction and distribution; waste and wastewater management and remediation
F Construction
G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of cars
H Transport and storage
I Lodging, meal and beverage provision
J Information and communication
K Financial institutions
L Real estate rental and trade
M Consulting, research and other specialist business services
N Rental of movable property and other business services
O Public administration, government services and compulsory social insurance
P Education
Q Health and welfare care
R Culture, sport and recreation
S Other services
T Households as employers; undifferentiated production of goods and services by households for own use
U Extraterritorial organizations and bodies

As of the reporting year 2017, a new source file has been used, in which the industry is not known for all jobs. These jobs with industry unknown do count in the figures for A-U all economic activities. As a result, the figures for A-U all economic activities do not correspond to the sum of the figures for categories A Agriculture, forestry and fisheries, B-F Industry and energy, G-N Commercial services and O-U Non-commercial services.
Within 10 km
Within 20 km
Within 50 km
Green areas
The entrances to the green areas are established at the intersections between the roads and paths of the Top10NL (topographic map, both the line file and the road section file) in the green area and the outer boundary of the green area. For green areas without paths or roads (usually the smaller green areas and public gardens), the focus of the greenery has been taken.

In 2008 and before, only the line file of the topographic map was used and green areas without paths or roads are not included. This mainly results in a trend breach in open natural terrain.

From reporting year 2017, the method for calculating the proximity of green has changed: among other things, only greenery with a minimum surface area of 1 hectare is now included. On average, this method change makes virtually no difference for the whole of the Netherlands: compared to 2015, the distance to greenery has increased by 0.1 km on average. But at a local level (particularly on the Wadden Islands) the differences can sometimes amount to several tens of kilometers.

Proximity to green spaces is derived from the Land Use statistics. The most recent edition of this statistic is reporting year 2017. The next edition is 2020, for which the definitive version will be released in the summer of 2025. This means that proximity to green spaces will probably be published at the end of 2025.
Distance to recreational inland waters
Inland waterways used for recreation, such as recreational lakes, water in parks and public gardens, golf courses, marinas and rowing courses. The site has a size of at least 1 hectare. Only for marinas there is a lower limit of 0.5 hectares for the water part.

The average distance of all inhabitants in an area to the nearest recreational inland waterway, calculated by road.