Proximity to facilities; distances by car, regional

Table explanation

Description topics

Health and wellbeing

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.

Distance to youth health centre

Institution within youth health care where basic medical care and prevention is provided for all children from 0 to 4 years.

The average distance of all inhabitants in an area to the nearest youth health centre, calculated by road.

From reporting year 2007 no new figures are available for this facility.

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 Agriculture, forestry and fisheries

Agriculture, forestry and fishing
This section includes:
- exploitation of natural plant and animal resources:
including arable farming, livestock breeding and the production of other plants and animals on an agricultural holding or in the natural habitat;
including forestry, timber cultivation and hunting;
including specific wage services related to the production process agriculture, hunting and forestry are also classified in this section;
including fishing: catching or breeding fish, crustaceans and molluscs.

Within 10 km

Within 20 km

Within 50 km

B-F Industry and energy

Industry and energy
This category is a combination of categories:
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

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 (BBG). The most recent edition of the BBG is reporting year 2022. The final version is expected to be released in the autumn of 2026. This means that the proximity to green spaces will probably be published in the summer of 2027.

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.

Traffic and transport

Distance to main road entrance

Access to a state or provincial road.
The National Road Database (a product of the Traffic and Transport Advisory Service of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment) was used as the basis for the road entrances.

The average distance of all inhabitants in an area to the nearest entrance to a national or provincial road, calculated over the road.

Leisure and culture

Distance to library

The average distance of all residents in an area to the nearest library, calculated by road. This includes libraries branches and service points. The mini-service points, self-service libraries and the library buses are not included.

A library branch meets the following criteria: open for at least 15 hours a week, digital access to the entire collection and range of activities, demand mediation, cultural/literary activities, offer for students/institutions in line with the choices made in the distribution and marketing policy and study opportunities.

A library service point offers at least the following service level: is open for at least 4 hours a week, offers digital access to the entire range of activities and provides intermediary services (both in person and via the internet).