Proximity to facilities; distances by car, sub-municipal data 2022

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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 per municipality at district and neighbourhood level, as of 1 January.

Data available for 2022

Changes per November 2023
New figures were added for the following facilities:

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.

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

Description topics

Green spaces
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.
Semi-public green
Site used as a sports field, allotment garden, for residential recreation or as a cemetery. The site can be privately or publicly accessible.
Distance to sports area
The average distance of all inhabitants in an area to the nearest sports field, calculated by road.

Sports area:
Area used for sports activities, such as sports field, sports hall, swimming pool, artificial ice rink, motocross track and forest in the sports area, including associated parking spaces and grandstands. The site has a size of at least 0.5 hectare.
Leisure and culture
Sports
Locations are included if they meet the following criteria: a building is present, the activities are commercially set up, it is open to the public all year round for at least three days a week.
Distance to swimming pool
The average distance of all residents in an area to the nearest swimming pool, calculated by road.

Distance to artificial ice skating rink
Artificial ice skating rink, which is accessible during the winter season.

The average distance of all inhabitants in an area to the nearest artificial ice skating rink, calculated by road.