Proximity to facilities; distances by car, regional
| Regions | Periods | Green areas Distance to recreational inland waters (km) | Traffic and transport Distance to main road entrance (km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oudewater | 2025* | . | 1.3 |
| Waterland | 2025* | . | 0.8 |
| Zwartewaterland | 2025* | . | 1.0 |
| Source: CBS. | |||
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 last reporting year in this table are preliminary. Once all variables in a reporting year have been published as 'preliminary', they will become final at the next publication moment, or when they have been preliminary for a maximum of two years.
For example: the figures for the 2025 reporting year are first published as preliminary. When the first figures for 2026 are published, the 2025 figures become finalized.
Changes per October 2026
Data on the following themes were added for the year 2025:
Health and wellbeing
GP post
Education
Secondary education total
Vmbo
Havo/vwo
Leisure and culture
Museum
Performing arts (excl. festivals)
Pop music venue
Note: The definitions of the following categories have changed.
Cafes, etc.: from 2025, the category shisha lounge is added.
Cafeterias, etc.: from 2024, the category crêpes/wafels/donuts 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 spring of 2027, the first figures for reporting year 2026 will be added to this 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 (Dutch: Bestand Bodemgebruik, BBG). The ‘Green’ category within this dataset is currently undergoing a complete revision.
From the summer of 2027, information regarding proximity to green spaces - in an adjusted format - will once again be included.- 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.