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) Health and wellbeing General Practitioner's practice Number of GP practices Within 1 km (number) Health and wellbeing General Practitioner's practice Number of GP practices Within 3 km (number) Health and wellbeing General Practitioner's practice Number of GP practices Within 5 km (number) Childcare Daycare centres Distance to daycare centres (km) Childcare Daycare centres Number of daycare centres Within 1 km (number) Childcare Daycare centres Number of daycare centres Within 3 km (number) Childcare Daycare centres Number of daycare centres Within 5 km (number) Childcare Out-of-school care Distance to out-of-school care (km) Childcare Out-of-school care Number of out-of-school care Within 1 km (number) Childcare Out-of-school care Number of out-of-school care Within 3 km (number) Childcare Out-of-school care Number of out-of-school care Within 5 km (number) 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) Leisure and culture Recreation Distance to attraction (km) Leisure and culture Recreation Number of attractions Within 10 km (number) Leisure and culture Recreation Number of attractions Within 20 km (number) Leisure and culture Recreation Number of attractions Within 50 km (number)
The Netherlands 1.1 7.1 1.2 7.8 16.9 0.7 2.8 19.1 43.5 0.8 2.1 14.4 33.0 . . . 5.6 2.9 8.6 40.1
Noord-Nederland (LD) 1.5 9.5 0.9 4.4 7.8 0.9 1.9 9.8 19.5 1.0 1.6 8.1 16.1 . . . 7.4 1.2 3.7 18.4
Oost-Nederland (LD) 1.2 8.7 0.9 4.5 8.5 0.8 2.1 11.6 23.6 0.8 1.8 10.3 21.2 . . . 6.4 1.8 4.9 30.5
West-Nederland (LD) 0.9 5.7 1.5 10.9 25.1 0.6 3.7 28.0 66.3 0.7 2.6 19.7 47.3 . . . 4.8 4.0 11.9 52.4
Zuid-Nederland (LD) 1.1 7.6 1.0 5.3 10.8 0.7 1.9 10.5 22.5 0.8 1.6 9.4 20.1 . . . 5.6 2.4 7.3 32.0
Groningen (PV) 1.3 9.5 1.1 6.6 12.4 0.8 2.3 14.5 30.4 1.0 1.9 11.4 24.2 . . . 7.5 1.1 3.4 15.6
Fryslân (PV) 1.6 10.7 0.8 3.7 6.1 0.9 1.7 7.7 13.8 1.0 1.4 6.7 12.0 . . . 7.7 1.2 3.4 16.7
Drenthe (PV) 1.7 8.0 0.7 2.5 4.6 0.9 1.8 7.1 14.0 1.0 1.5 6.1 11.9 . . . 6.8 1.2 4.2 23.7
Overijssel (PV) 1.3 9.9 0.9 5.0 9.0 0.8 2.1 11.5 22.3 0.8 1.8 9.9 19.5 . . . 7.0 1.6 4.8 23.9
Flevoland (PV) 1.4 5.5 0.8 4.5 8.7 0.8 2.8 17.6 36.8 0.8 2.7 16.9 35.5 . . . 7.0 1.9 3.6 33.9
Gelderland (PV) 1.2 8.6 0.9 4.3 8.2 0.8 2.0 10.4 21.5 0.8 1.7 9.1 19.1 . . . 5.9 1.9 5.2 33.4
Utrecht (PV) 1.0 6.9 1.1 6.8 14.4 0.7 2.9 20.2 46.4 0.7 2.5 17.4 40.4 . . . 4.8 2.8 8.6 54.0
Noord-Holland (PV) 0.9 5.3 1.7 13.6 30.8 0.6 4.0 32.1 73.8 0.7 2.7 21.2 49.1 . . . 4.3 3.7 11.3 51.9
Zuid-Holland (PV) 0.9 5.2 1.6 11.3 26.8 0.6 3.9 29.9 73.5 0.6 2.7 20.9 52.2 . . . 4.5 4.8 14.4 56.5
Zeeland (PV) 1.5 10.0 0.6 2.3 3.8 0.8 1.6 6.1 10.7 0.9 1.4 5.4 9.1 . . . 12.7 1.5 2.8 10.5
Noord-Brabant (PV) 1.1 7.5 1.0 5.6 11.4 0.7 2.0 11.3 24.1 0.7 1.8 10.7 23.0 . . . 5.7 2.5 7.7 36.9
Limburg (PV) 1.1 7.6 1.0 4.5 9.5 0.7 1.6 8.7 18.7 0.9 1.2 6.2 13.3 . . . 5.5 2.4 6.3 20.6
Oost-Groningen (CR) 1.6 10.7 0.6 2.2 3.3 1.0 1.6 6.4 10.3 1.2 1.3 5.5 8.6 . . . 9.7 0.5 2.9 14.5
Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 1.8 6.5 0.3 1.2 1.9 1.0 1.1 4.1 7.2 1.7 1.0 3.3 5.5 . . . 16.7 0.1 0.9 9.0
Overig Groningen (CR) 1.2 9.4 1.3 8.7 16.5 0.7 2.7 18.3 39.5 0.8 2.1 14.2 31.3 . . . 5.8 1.4 3.8 16.7
Noord-Friesland (CR) 1.5 11.6 0.9 4.3 7.6 0.8 1.8 8.9 17.1 0.9 1.6 7.8 15.0 . . . 7.7 1.6 4.4 13.7
Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2.1 11.8 0.6 2.1 2.9 1.0 1.3 4.8 8.1 1.1 1.3 5.1 8.0 . . . 8.7 0.6 2.2 14.4
Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 1.5 8.3 1.0 3.9 5.8 0.9 1.8 7.7 12.5 0.9 1.4 6.2 9.9 . . . 7.1 0.9 2.8 23.8
Noord-Drenthe (CR) 1.7 8.7 0.8 3.1 5.5 0.9 1.7 7.2 14.5 0.9 1.8 7.3 14.9 . . . 6.0 1.3 4.3 23.8
Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 1.7 9.7 0.5 1.6 3.3 1.0 1.6 6.0 13.0 1.2 1.0 3.8 8.3 . . . 6.2 1.5 4.4 19.4
Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 1.6 5.0 0.6 2.8 4.8 0.9 2.0 8.4 14.6 1.0 1.6 7.0 12.0 . . . 8.9 0.8 3.8 28.9
Noord-Overijssel (CR) 1.5 9.4 0.8 3.8 6.9 0.8 2.3 12.0 23.4 0.8 2.2 11.0 21.7 . . . 6.1 1.9 5.4 28.7
Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 1.3 19.1 0.9 5.4 8.9 0.8 2.6 14.3 25.8 0.8 2.0 11.0 20.0 . . . 11.8 0.4 3.7 33.3
Twente (CR) 1.2 7.9 1.0 5.6 10.3 0.8 1.8 10.4 20.7 0.8 1.6 9.0 18.1 . . . 6.3 1.7 4.8 18.6
Veluwe (CR) 1.2 9.5 0.9 4.8 9.3 0.8 2.1 11.8 24.3 0.8 1.8 10.1 21.1 . . . 5.0 2.1 6.2 39.7
Achterhoek (CR) 1.4 8.9 0.9 3.1 4.9 0.9 1.5 6.5 11.3 1.0 1.4 5.9 10.3 . . . 7.7 0.9 2.7 20.0
Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 1.1 6.5 1.0 5.1 10.4 0.7 2.1 12.5 27.6 0.7 1.8 11.1 25.3 . . . 5.3 2.4 5.7 31.0
Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 1.4 12.1 0.7 2.4 3.9 0.8 1.8 6.4 11.7 1.1 1.4 5.1 9.2 . . . 7.7 1.0 4.3 44.2
Utrecht (CR) 1.0 6.9 1.1 6.8 14.4 0.7 2.9 20.2 46.4 0.7 2.5 17.4 40.4 . . . 4.8 2.8 8.6 54.0
Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 1.3 8.7 0.8 3.4 6.3 0.8 1.9 9.2 18.0 0.9 1.5 7.2 14.2 . . . 6.3 1.9 6.2 24.5
Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) 1.1 6.1 1.0 6.8 13.4 0.7 2.1 14.1 30.3 0.7 1.9 13.0 27.9 . . . 4.3 3.7 11.4 37.4
IJmond (CR) 0.7 5.1 1.5 7.1 13.3 0.6 2.6 14.5 27.0 0.6 2.2 12.1 24.2 . . . 3.7 3.4 9.9 47.1
Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) 0.7 3.6 2.1 14.5 31.1 0.5 5.3 37.7 85.3 0.5 4.6 34.1 76.8 . . . 2.6 5.9 13.8 61.7
Zaanstreek (CR) 0.9 5.2 1.1 7.0 14.6 0.6 2.9 17.7 35.6 0.6 2.0 13.3 27.7 . . . 5.6 1.8 11.0 53.8
Groot-Amsterdam (CR) 0.8 4.1 2.2 19.9 47.5 0.5 5.2 46.6 111.9 0.6 3.1 27.4 67.2 . . . 3.8 4.4 12.7 60.1
Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) 0.9 7.8 1.3 8.1 13.6 0.6 2.9 18.8 33.1 0.7 2.4 15.5 27.1 . . . 5.1 1.9 9.3 54.5
Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) 0.8 5.8 1.6 9.8 21.8 0.6 2.6 18.0 43.4 0.6 2.4 16.9 41.2 . . . 4.4 3.0 15.0 64.0
Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) 0.8 3.6 2.1 19.2 47.8 0.5 5.6 55.1 140.9 0.6 3.4 33.8 90.2 . . . 3.8 8.9 19.8 56.8
Delft en Westland (CR) 0.8 3.4 1.4 8.0 17.5 0.5 3.5 24.2 53.8 0.6 3.0 20.5 47.0 . . . 4.2 5.5 20.8 50.8
Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 1.0 6.2 1.0 4.9 8.6 0.7 2.4 12.3 22.4 0.8 2.0 10.0 19.0 . . . 6.4 2.1 8.1 71.1
Groot-Rijnmond (CR) 0.9 5.6 1.5 10.2 25.0 0.6 3.8 26.3 65.3 0.6 2.7 18.9 47.5 . . . 4.0 4.3 13.7 52.0
Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 1.0 6.5 1.2 5.8 12.3 0.6 3.2 17.5 37.5 0.6 2.3 12.5 26.1 . . . 6.7 1.0 5.5 55.0
Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 2.0 14.2 0.5 1.5 2.0 1.0 1.3 4.5 6.2 1.0 1.3 4.5 6.3 . . . 27.9 0.4 0.8 8.0
Overig Zeeland (CR) 1.3 8.5 0.7 2.6 4.4 0.8 1.8 6.7 12.3 0.9 1.4 5.7 10.2 . . . 7.2 2.0 3.5 11.4
West-Noord-Brabant (CR) 1.0 7.3 1.0 5.3 10.7 0.7 2.3 13.5 28.3 0.7 2.0 11.6 24.8 . . . 6.7 1.8 5.8 28.0
Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) 1.0 7.0 1.3 7.2 14.4 0.7 2.1 12.3 25.1 0.7 1.6 9.5 19.4 . . . 4.7 4.3 11.0 39.2
Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 1.2 9.1 0.9 4.3 7.9 0.7 1.8 8.8 17.9 0.8 1.7 9.1 17.7 . . . 5.8 1.7 6.6 43.9
Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 1.1 6.8 1.1 6.1 13.1 0.7 1.8 11.0 25.3 0.7 1.9 12.1 28.2 . . . 5.3 2.5 8.0 36.7
Noord-Limburg (CR) 1.4 10.9 0.7 2.5 5.1 0.8 1.6 7.2 13.7 0.9 1.4 6.4 12.0 . . . 6.1 1.5 4.8 23.7
Midden-Limburg (CR) 1.2 6.9 1.1 3.9 6.6 0.8 1.4 6.4 12.4 0.9 1.2 5.4 10.7 . . . 5.6 1.6 4.5 25.7
Zuid-Limburg (CR) 0.9 6.4 1.1 5.8 12.8 0.7 1.7 10.3 23.7 0.9 1.1 6.5 15.0 . . . 5.2 3.1 7.8 17.0
Flevoland (CR) 1.4 5.5 0.8 4.5 8.7 0.8 2.8 17.6 36.8 0.8 2.7 16.9 35.5 . . . 7.0 1.9 3.6 33.9
Aa en Hunze 2.4 11.2 0.4 0.8 1.6 1.2 1.2 2.7 4.8 1.0 1.4 3.2 5.9 . . . 7.5 0.9 4.5 21.5
Aalburg
Aalsmeer 0.9 9.7 1.0 3.4 9.0 0.7 1.3 5.7 15.9 0.8 1.1 5.4 15.5 . . . 3.6 2.4 14.9 71.4
Aalten 1.5 14.5 1.1 2.6 3.2 0.8 1.5 4.2 7.8 1.0 1.5 4.0 6.2 . . . 14.2 0.1 1.5 10.3
Ter Aar
Abcoude
Achtkarspelen 1.6 13.8 0.6 1.5 3.1 0.8 1.1 3.0 6.6 1.0 0.9 2.1 4.7 . . . 12.6 0.2 3.2 20.8
Alblasserdam 0.9 11.5 0.8 2.4 6.0 0.5 2.9 8.9 15.4 0.5 2.6 7.9 13.5 . . . 10.0 0.6 7.9 58.6
Albrandswaard 0.9 7.7 0.9 4.3 11.1 0.8 1.1 10.4 28.1 1.0 0.6 8.0 20.8 . . . 4.0 3.4 13.1 50.9
Alkemade
Alkmaar 1.0 4.0 1.4 9.0 17.2 0.6 2.5 17.4 38.1 0.7 2.4 16.6 35.4 . . . 4.6 3.3 11.5 39.0
Almelo 1.2 4.1 1.0 7.2 12.9 0.6 1.8 12.5 25.4 0.8 1.4 8.9 18.4 . . . 3.8 1.6 6.1 21.9
Almere 1.1 5.0 0.8 4.8 10.2 0.5 3.8 25.3 55.5 0.6 3.7 24.8 54.7 . . . 4.1 3.3 5.5 42.8
Alphen aan den Rijn 1.0 4.3 0.9 4.6 8.4 0.6 2.7 15.1 26.6 0.7 2.4 12.6 24.0 . . . 4.1 3.7 9.6 73.0
Alphen-Chaam 1.6 12.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.0 1.5 2.2 2.7 1.0 0.7 1.1 1.7 . . . 8.7 1.2 9.5 30.5
Altena 1.1 11.8 0.6 1.4 2.4 0.8 1.4 2.9 5.0 0.9 1.1 2.5 4.3 . . . 12.3 0.1 3.3 47.0
Ambt Montfort
Ameland 2.1 28.7 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.7 1.4 1.5 1.6 0.3 0.9 1.0 . . . 36.6 0.0 0.0 5.6
Amersfoort 0.8 4.1 1.1 7.0 15.2 0.5 3.3 23.0 52.1 0.5 3.3 23.1 55.7 . . . 2.3 4.2 8.0 48.7
Amstelveen 0.9 3.0 1.0 7.6 16.5 0.6 2.9 25.2 55.7 0.6 2.7 21.9 48.2 . . . 4.7 5.1 12.0 64.1
Amsterdam 0.6 3.3 3.0 28.0 66.8 0.4 6.9 65.6 157.8 0.5 3.7 36.0 89.6 . . . 3.2 5.2 13.8 60.5
Andijk
Anna Paulowna
Apeldoorn 0.9 5.8 1.0 7.4 17.1 0.7 2.5 18.8 45.9 0.7 1.9 15.4 38.3 . . . 4.0 2.8 4.6 38.1
Appingedam
Arcen en Velden
Arnhem 1.0 3.0 0.9 6.2 14.2 0.6 2.5 17.7 40.5 0.7 1.8 14.0 32.9 . . . 2.8 3.1 5.3 32.3
Assen 1.2 4.0 0.8 4.4 9.6 0.7 2.2 12.5 28.2 0.7 2.2 12.8 29.0 . . . 2.6 2.0 4.0 25.8
Asten 1.3 13.4 0.9 2.5 4.2 0.8 1.3 6.2 12.0 0.8 1.4 7.2 12.7 . . . 7.6 1.1 5.9 32.4
Baarle-Nassau 2.5 19.9 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.7 0.6 0.8 1.1 . . . 14.6 0.0 5.5 26.8
Baarn 0.9 7.5 1.9 6.1 11.0 0.6 2.7 9.4 16.9 0.6 3.3 12.9 19.7 . . . 9.0 1.6 9.4 50.5
Barendrecht 1.4 5.4 1.5 7.8 19.7 0.7 2.1 15.5 41.3 0.6 2.0 14.9 34.8 . . . 5.6 4.3 13.5 57.1
Barneveld 1.4 16.5 0.6 3.3 4.5 1.0 1.9 9.0 13.2 1.0 1.5 7.8 11.5 . . . 4.4 2.6 9.0 44.6
Bedum
Beek (L.) 1.0 6.8 0.6 3.9 12.4 0.8 1.1 8.8 22.2 0.7 1.0 6.9 16.5 . . . 7.9 1.1 9.7 17.9
Beekdaelen 1.0 9.5 0.7 2.6 8.1 0.8 1.1 4.5 15.7 1.0 0.8 3.2 10.6 . . . 7.5 1.8 11.3 17.5
Beemster
Beesel 1.0 11.1 0.5 1.5 3.7 0.6 2.6 6.5 11.4 0.6 1.9 4.8 8.3 . . . 10.6 0.2 6.0 19.0
Bellingwedde
Bennebroek
Berg en Dal 1.0 12.0 0.9 2.6 5.2 0.8 1.4 5.9 11.6 0.8 0.9 4.1 9.0 . . . 6.5 1.9 4.8 25.1
Bergambacht
Bergeijk 1.2 13.7 0.6 1.3 3.4 0.8 1.3 3.4 7.2 0.9 1.1 3.5 6.6 . . . 10.1 0.7 4.1 26.4
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 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

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.
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.
Childcare
Daycare centres
Place where children from 0 to 4 years old are cared for during one or more half-days a week throughout the year. The daycare centre can be used for more than 5 hours per day and for a maximum of 10 half-days per week.
Distance to daycare centres
The average distance of all residents in an area to the nearest daycare centre, calculated by road.
Number of daycare centres
The average number of daycare centres within a fixed distance by road for all residents of an area.
Within 1 km
Within 3 km
Within 5 km
Out-of-school care
Place where primary school-aged children are cared for before and/or after school, during study and compensation days of the teacher and during the holidays.
Distance to out-of-school care
The average distance of all residents in an area to the nearest out-of-school care facility, calculated by road.
Number of out-of-school care
The average number of out-of-school care locations within a fixed distance by road for all residents of an area.

Within 1 km
Within 3 km
Within 5 km
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
Leisure and culture
Recreation
Distance to attraction
Amusement park, zoo and indoor playground.

The average distance of all residents in an area to the nearest attraction, calculated by road.
Number of attractions
The average number of attractions within a fixed distance by road for all inhabitants of an area.
Within 10 km
Within 20 km
Within 50 km