Proximity to facilities; distances by car, sub-municipal data 2025
Explanation of symbols
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 per municipality at district and neighbourhood level, as of 1 January.
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 for 2025.
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are 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
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
- Childcare
- Daycare centres
- Place where children from 0 to 4 years old are cared for during one or more half-days a week throughout the year. The daycare centre can be used for more than 5 hours per day and for a maximum of 10 half-days per week.
- Distance to daycare centres
- The average distance of all residents in an area to the nearest daycare centre, calculated by road.
- Number of daycare centres
- The average number of daycare centres within a fixed distance by road for all residents of an area.
- Within 1 km
- Within 3 km
- Within 5 km
- Out-of-school care
- Place where primary school-aged children are cared for before and/or after school, during study and compensation days of the teacher and during the holidays.
- Distance to out-of-school care
- The average distance of all residents in an area to the nearest out-of-school care facility, calculated by road.
- Number of out-of-school care
- The average number of out-of-school care locations within a fixed distance by road for all residents of an area.
- Within 1 km
- Within 3 km
- Within 5 km