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 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) Health and wellbeing General Practitioner's 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 1.1 1.2 7.7 16.9 . 1.3 5.0 1.1 2.8 8.3
Noord-Nederland (LD) 1.5 0.9 4.4 7.9 . 1.8 9.0 0.5 1.0 2.1
Oost-Nederland (LD) 1.2 0.9 4.5 8.5 . 1.5 5.5 0.7 1.5 4.5
West-Nederland (LD) 0.9 1.5 10.9 25.1 . 1.1 3.8 1.5 4.1 12.3
Zuid-Nederland (LD) 1.1 1.0 5.3 10.8 . 1.4 5.2 0.8 2.0 5.8
Groningen (PV) 1.3 1.1 6.7 12.6 . 1.6 8.4 0.7 1.4 2.5
Fryslân (PV) 1.6 0.8 3.8 6.1 . 2.0 10.4 0.4 0.6 1.6
Drenthe (PV) 1.6 0.7 2.5 4.6 . 1.9 7.7 0.5 0.9 2.4
Overijssel (PV) 1.3 0.9 4.9 8.8 . 1.5 5.4 0.8 1.4 4.4
Flevoland (PV) 1.3 0.8 4.4 8.7 . 1.6 4.6 0.7 1.4 2.8
Gelderland (PV) 1.2 0.9 4.4 8.3 . 1.5 5.8 0.7 1.7 4.9
Utrecht (PV) 1.0 1.1 6.9 14.6 . 1.1 4.3 1.0 3.1 10.1
Noord-Holland (PV) 0.9 1.7 13.5 30.7 . 1.1 3.8 1.3 3.4 9.6
Zuid-Holland (PV) 0.9 1.6 11.2 26.7 . 1.0 3.4 1.9 5.3 16.3
Zeeland (PV) 1.5 0.6 2.3 3.8 . 1.8 6.4 0.5 1.0 1.7
Noord-Brabant (PV) 1.1 1.0 5.7 11.4 . 1.3 5.4 0.8 2.1 6.2
Limburg (PV) 1.1 1.0 4.5 9.3 . 1.6 4.7 0.9 1.9 4.7
Oost-Groningen (CR) 1.6 0.6 2.2 3.3 . 1.8 8.8 0.3 0.8 2.2
Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 1.7 0.3 1.2 1.9 . 1.7 7.1 0.4 0.7 1.3
Overig Groningen (CR) 1.2 1.3 8.8 16.8 . 1.6 8.5 0.8 1.6 2.7
Noord-Friesland (CR) 1.5 0.9 4.4 7.6 . 1.8 12.7 0.3 0.4 1.0
Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2.1 0.6 2.1 3.0 . 2.6 7.6 0.5 0.8 2.5
Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 1.5 1.0 3.9 5.8 . 1.8 8.5 0.6 0.8 2.1
Noord-Drenthe (CR) 1.7 0.8 3.1 5.5 . 1.8 8.7 0.6 1.1 2.7
Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 1.7 0.5 1.6 3.3 . 2.3 7.7 0.4 0.6 2.0
Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 1.5 0.6 2.8 4.8 . 1.5 6.2 0.5 0.9 2.6
Noord-Overijssel (CR) 1.5 0.8 3.9 7.0 . 1.6 6.0 0.7 1.2 3.8
Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 1.3 0.9 5.4 8.9 . 1.6 4.9 0.7 0.9 3.4
Twente (CR) 1.2 1.0 5.4 9.9 . 1.3 5.1 0.8 1.6 5.1
Veluwe (CR) 1.2 0.9 4.9 9.5 . 1.4 5.6 0.6 1.4 4.1
Achterhoek (CR) 1.4 0.9 3.2 5.0 . 1.7 6.2 0.5 1.2 3.6
Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 1.1 1.0 5.1 10.5 . 1.3 5.5 1.0 2.4 6.2
Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 1.4 0.7 2.4 3.9 . 1.7 6.7 0.5 1.0 5.3
Utrecht (CR) 1.0 1.1 6.9 14.6 . 1.1 4.3 1.0 3.1 10.1
Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 1.3 0.8 3.3 6.2 . 2.0 6.9 0.5 0.8 2.6
Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) 1.1 1.0 6.8 13.4 . 1.3 3.9 1.4 3.3 6.6
IJmond (CR) 0.8 1.5 7.1 13.6 . 1.0 3.6 1.2 3.3 9.0
Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) 0.7 2.1 14.4 31.0 . 0.8 3.5 1.0 3.0 10.1
Zaanstreek (CR) 0.9 1.1 7.1 14.8 . 1.1 3.3 0.8 2.1 12.3
Groot-Amsterdam (CR) 0.8 2.2 19.8 47.1 . 1.0 3.1 1.6 4.4 11.7
Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) 0.9 1.3 8.0 13.6 . 1.0 4.3 1.0 2.7 9.0
Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) 0.8 1.6 10.0 22.4 . 1.0 3.6 1.4 3.9 11.6
Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) 0.8 2.1 19.2 47.7 . 0.8 2.7 2.3 5.6 16.9
Delft en Westland (CR) 0.8 1.4 8.1 17.5 . 1.0 2.8 1.1 3.9 17.9
Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 1.0 1.0 5.2 8.8 . 1.2 4.5 0.6 1.6 9.5
Groot-Rijnmond (CR) 0.9 1.5 10.0 24.5 . 1.0 3.3 2.4 7.1 19.8
Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 1.0 1.2 5.8 12.2 . 1.0 4.0 1.3 3.5 11.8
Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 2.0 0.6 1.5 2.0 . 2.7 6.2 0.5 0.8 1.7
Overig Zeeland (CR) 1.3 0.7 2.6 4.5 . 1.5 6.5 0.6 1.1 1.7
West-Noord-Brabant (CR) 1.1 1.0 5.3 10.6 . 1.2 4.6 0.7 1.8 5.6
Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) 1.0 1.3 7.2 14.4 . 1.3 6.3 0.6 1.5 5.6
Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 1.2 0.9 4.3 7.9 . 1.5 5.6 0.8 2.0 6.9
Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 1.1 1.1 6.1 13.2 . 1.4 5.4 1.0 2.8 6.6
Noord-Limburg (CR) 1.4 0.6 2.4 4.8 . 2.1 5.2 0.9 1.6 4.7
Midden-Limburg (CR) 1.2 1.1 4.0 6.7 . 1.7 4.6 0.6 1.3 4.5
Zuid-Limburg (CR) 0.9 1.1 5.7 12.6 . 1.3 4.5 1.0 2.2 4.8
Flevoland (CR) 1.3 0.8 4.4 8.7 . 1.6 4.6 0.7 1.4 2.8
Aa en Hunze 2.4 0.4 0.8 1.6 . 2.5 11.1 0.0 0.6 2.4
Aalburg
Aalsmeer 0.9 1.0 3.4 8.9 . 1.0 5.3 0.4 1.7 11.8
Aalten 1.5 1.1 2.6 3.2 . 1.6 13.7 0.0 0.1 1.9
Ter Aar
Abcoude
Achtkarspelen 1.7 0.6 1.4 2.8 . 1.8 15.8 0.0 0.0 0.7
Alblasserdam 0.9 0.8 2.4 6.0 . 1.0 7.9 0.0 3.4 20.8
Albrandswaard 0.9 0.9 4.2 11.4 . 1.0 5.9 0.5 5.4 20.9
Alkemade
Alkmaar 1.0 1.4 9.0 17.2 . 1.3 3.9 1.9 4.1 6.5
Almelo 1.2 1.0 7.2 13.0 . 1.3 4.0 0.7 1.0 5.0
Almere 1.0 0.8 4.7 10.0 . 1.3 4.6 0.7 1.8 3.3
Alphen aan den Rijn 0.9 1.0 5.3 9.0 . 1.1 4.2 0.7 1.5 8.8
Alphen-Chaam 1.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 . 4.3 12.2 0.0 0.2 3.0
Altena 1.1 0.6 1.4 2.4 . 1.8 11.2 0.0 0.3 5.0
Ambt Montfort
Ameland 2.2 0.4 0.7 1.0 . 2.2 46.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Amersfoort 0.8 1.1 7.0 15.2 . 1.0 4.1 0.8 1.3 9.3
Amstelveen 0.9 1.0 7.9 16.6 . 1.0 2.8 1.4 5.1 12.5
Amsterdam 0.6 3.0 27.7 66.2 . 0.7 2.6 2.0 5.4 12.8
Andijk
Anna Paulowna
Apeldoorn 0.9 1.1 7.8 17.9 . 1.1 4.4 0.9 1.9 3.5
Appingedam
Arcen en Velden
Arnhem 1.0 0.9 6.2 14.2 . 1.1 4.3 0.6 1.7 6.1
Assen 1.1 0.8 4.5 9.6 . 1.1 2.6 1.6 2.0 2.0
Asten 1.3 0.9 2.5 4.2 . 1.7 9.9 0.0 0.6 6.3
Baarle-Nassau 2.4 0.4 0.7 1.0 . 2.3 19.3 0.0 0.0 1.0
Baarn 0.9 1.9 6.1 10.9 . 0.9 1.7 1.0 3.5 11.2
Barendrecht 1.4 1.5 8.2 20.0 . 1.5 3.0 1.5 6.9 23.7
Barneveld 1.4 0.6 3.3 4.5 . 2.1 4.9 0.6 1.0 4.9
Bedum
Beek (L.) 1.0 0.6 4.0 12.6 . 1.4 6.2 0.1 1.0 7.0
Beekdaelen 1.0 0.7 2.6 8.1 . 1.8 7.1 0.3 1.4 6.0
Beemster
Beesel 1.0 0.5 1.5 3.7 . 1.5 10.2 0.0 0.3 5.0
Bellingwedde
Bennebroek
Berg en Dal 1.0 0.9 2.6 5.2 . 2.5 9.6 0.2 2.1 5.7
Bergambacht
Bergeijk 1.2 0.6 1.3 3.4 . 2.7 13.7 0.0 0.1 2.5
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 2024.
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 March 2026
For the reporting year 2015, the following variables have been corrected since they were not rounded correctly:

Health and wellbeing
GP post

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

Data on the following themes were added for the year 2025:

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

Retail
Large supermarket
Shop for other daily food
Department store

Hospitality sector
Cafe, etc.
Cafeteria, etc.
Restaurants
Hotel, etc.

Childcare
Daycare centres
Out-of-school care

Education
Primary education

Traffic and transport
Main highway entrance
Train stations (all types)
Important transfer station

Leisure and culture
Library
Indoor swimming pool
Artificial ice skating rink
Cinema
Sauna
Tanning salon
Attraction
Fire station

Note: The definitions of the following categories have changed.
Cafe
From 2025, shisha lounge category is added.

Cafeteria
From 2024, crêpes/wafels/donuts category is added.
From 2025, categories coffee bar, other catering, and a new category juice bars are added.


When will new figures be released?
In the fall 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.
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