Proximity to facilities; distances by car, regional
| Regions | Periods | Green areas Public green Distance to open natural terrain Distance to open nat. terrain total (km) | Green areas Public green Distance to open natural terrain Distance to open dry natural terrain (km) | Green areas Public green Distance to open natural terrain Distance to open wet natural terrain (km) | Green areas Distance to recreational inland waters (km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oudewater | 2022 | . | . | . | . |
| Waterland | 2022 | . | . | . | . |
| Zwartewaterland | 2022 | . | . | . | . |
| Source: CBS. | |||||
Dataset is not available.
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 is available at different regional levels. The lowest level is the municipality.
Data available from: 2006
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.
Changes per November 2023
Data on the following themes were added for the year 2020:
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:
Health and wellbeing
- GP post
Education
- Primary education
- Secondary education total
- Secondary education vmbo
- Secondary education havo/vwo
Leisure and culture
- Museum
- Performing arts (excl. festivals)
- Pop music venue
When will new figures be released?
For the time being, no new figures are expected for reporting year 2022.
For reporting year 2023, the first figures are expected in spring 2024. The district and neighbourhood figures for 2023 will appear in a separate table.
The data is available at different regional levels. The lowest level is the municipality.
Data available from: 2006
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.
Changes per November 2023
Data on the following themes were added for the year 2020:
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:
Health and wellbeing
- GP post
Education
- Primary education
- Secondary education total
- Secondary education vmbo
- Secondary education havo/vwo
Leisure and culture
- Museum
- Performing arts (excl. festivals)
- Pop music venue
When will new figures be released?
For the time being, no new figures are expected for reporting year 2022.
For reporting year 2023, the first figures are expected in spring 2024. The district and neighbourhood figures for 2023 will appear in a separate table.
Description topics
- 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, which will be released at the end of 2023. This means that proximity to green spaces will be published during 2024. From reporting year 2020 onwards, the Land Use statistics will be published annually and so will the proximity to green spaces.- Public green
- Terrain used as a park or public garden, for daytime recreation, nature or as a forest. The site can be privately or publicly accessible. The site is at least one hectare in size.
- Distance to open natural terrain
- Terrain used as open nature, such as heathland, dunes, sand drifts, beaches, reeds and rushes, salt marshes, dried up grounds and blue grassland.
- Distance to open nat. terrain total
- The average distance of all inhabitants in an area to the nearest open natural area, calculated by road.
- Distance to open dry natural terrain
- The average distance of all inhabitants in an area to the nearest open dry natural area, calculated by road.
Open dry natural terrain:
Terrain with a dry surface in use as nature, such as dry heath, dunes, sand drifts and beach.
- Distance to open wet natural terrain
- The average distance of all inhabitants in an area to the nearest open wet natural area, calculated by road.
Open wet natural terrain:
Terrain with a wet surface in use as nature, such as wet heath, reed and rushes, salt marshes, dry land without vegetation and blue grassland.
- 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.