Proximity to facilities; distances by car, regional

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Regions Health and wellbeing General Practitioner's practice Distance to GP practice (km) Health and wellbeing General Practitioner's practice Distance to GP post (km)
The Netherlands 1.1 .
Noord-Nederland (LD) 1.5 .
Oost-Nederland (LD) 1.2 .
West-Nederland (LD) 0.9 .
Zuid-Nederland (LD) 1.1 .
Groningen (PV) 1.3 .
Fryslân (PV) 1.6 .
Drenthe (PV) 1.6 .
Overijssel (PV) 1.3 .
Flevoland (PV) 1.3 .
Gelderland (PV) 1.2 .
Utrecht (PV) 1.0 .
Noord-Holland (PV) 0.9 .
Zuid-Holland (PV) 0.9 .
Zeeland (PV) 1.5 .
Noord-Brabant (PV) 1.1 .
Limburg (PV) 1.1 .
Oost-Groningen (CR) 1.6 .
Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 1.7 .
Overig Groningen (CR) 1.2 .
Noord-Friesland (CR) 1.5 .
Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2.1 .
Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 1.5 .
Noord-Drenthe (CR) 1.7 .
Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 1.7 .
Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 1.5 .
Noord-Overijssel (CR) 1.5 .
Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 1.3 .
Twente (CR) 1.2 .
Veluwe (CR) 1.2 .
Achterhoek (CR) 1.4 .
Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 1.1 .
Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 1.4 .
Utrecht (CR) 1.0 .
Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 1.3 .
Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) 1.1 .
IJmond (CR) 0.8 .
Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) 0.7 .
Zaanstreek (CR) 0.9 .
Groot-Amsterdam (CR) 0.8 .
Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) 0.9 .
Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) 0.8 .
Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) 0.8 .
Delft en Westland (CR) 0.8 .
Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 1.0 .
Groot-Rijnmond (CR) 0.9 .
Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 1.0 .
Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 2.0 .
Overig Zeeland (CR) 1.3 .
West-Noord-Brabant (CR) 1.1 .
Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) 1.0 .
Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 1.2 .
Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 1.1 .
Noord-Limburg (CR) 1.4 .
Midden-Limburg (CR) 1.2 .
Zuid-Limburg (CR) 0.9 .
Flevoland (CR) 1.3 .
Aa en Hunze 2.4 .
Aalburg
Aalsmeer 0.9 .
Aalten 1.5 .
Ter Aar
Abcoude
Achtkarspelen 1.7 .
Alblasserdam 0.9 .
Albrandswaard 0.9 .
Alkemade
Alkmaar 1.0 .
Almelo 1.2 .
Almere 1.0 .
Alphen aan den Rijn 0.9 .
Alphen-Chaam 1.6 .
Altena 1.1 .
Ambt Montfort
Ameland 2.2 .
Amersfoort 0.8 .
Amstelveen 0.9 .
Amsterdam 0.6 .
Andijk
Anna Paulowna
Apeldoorn 0.9 .
Appingedam
Arcen en Velden
Arnhem 1.0 .
Assen 1.1 .
Asten 1.3 .
Baarle-Nassau 2.4 .
Baarn 0.9 .
Barendrecht 1.4 .
Barneveld 1.4 .
Bedum
Beek (L.) 1.0 .
Beekdaelen 1.0 .
Beemster
Beesel 1.0 .
Bellingwedde
Bennebroek
Berg en Dal 1.0 .
Bergambacht
Bergeijk 1.2 .
Source: CBS.
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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 for the reporting year 2024 in this table are final.
The figures for a new reporting year are initially published as ‘preliminary’. They become ‘final’, when the first figures for a following reporting year are published, or when they have been preliminary for a maximum of two years.
For example: the figures for the 2024 reporting year are first published as preliminary, and the 2024 figures are finalized upon the publication of the first figures for 2025.

Changes per July 2026
The figures for the proximity of GP out-of-hours services for the reporting year 2024 have been recalculated following a revision of the source data, as some GP out-of-hours services were incorrectly omitted. Compared to the previous publication, the average distance to GP out-of-hours services throughout the Netherlands has decreased by 0.1 km. The average distance per municipality has decreased by 0.2 km.

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

Description topics

Health and wellbeing
General Practitioner's practice
Building or space in which one or more general practitioners work (together).

General practitioner
The general practitioner is responsible for general medical care. He/she provides personal and continuous care to a fixed practice population.
Distance to GP practice
The average distance of all residents 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.
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.