Sports facilities; types and use 1987 - 2012
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Table explanation
This table presents an overview on the types and use of swimming pools, indoor sports facilities and outdoor sports facilities. The figures are restricted to swimming pools and sports facilities operated by either local government or by commercial operators (private limited companies etc.) registered at the Chambers of Commerce as having the operation of swimming pools and/or sports facilities as their main activity.
Data available from: 1987-2012
Status of the figures: all figures are definite.
Changes as of 28 January 2019:
None. This table has been discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
No longer applicable.
Description topics
- Swimming pools
- Type of swimming pool
- Total swimming pools
- Indoor swimming pools
- Open-air swimming pools
- Combined swimming pools
- Swimming pool with one or more indoor pools and one or more open-air
pools.
- Natural swimming pools
- Type of operator
- Swimming pools by type of operator: the local government or a commercial operator. Shown as a percentage of the total number of swimming pools.
- Local government
- Shown as a percentage of the total number of swimming pools.
- Commercial operator
- Single-owner companies, partnership firms, public limited companies, private companies, foundations and associations.
Shown as a percentage of the total number of swimming pools.
- Visits to swimming pools by type of pool
- Total number of visits
- Only the figure for 1988 includes the number of visits to natural swimming pools.
- Visits per swimming pool
- Average number of visits per swimming pool. Only the figure for 1988 includes the number of visits to natural swimming pools.
- Visits per indoor swimming pool
- Visits per open-air swimming pool
- Visits per combined swimming pool
- Swim. pools with recreational facilities
- Shown as a percentage of the total number of swimming pools.
- Total swimming pools
- Excluding natural swimming pools.
Shown as a percentage of the total number of swimming pools.
- Indoor swimming pools
- Shown as a percentage of the total number of indoor swimming pools.
- Open-air swimming pools
- Shown as a percentage of the total number of open-air swimming pools.
- Combined swimming pools
- Shown as a percentage of the total number of combined swimming pools.
- Indoor sports facilities
- Total number of facilities
- Visits per week
- Total number of visits per week by people who practise a sport.
From 1997 onwards the figures only include facilities operated by commercial operators.
- Type of facility and visits
- Indoor sports facilities by type and the total number of visits per week of indoor sports facilities.
Reference week for the visits: a week in September.- Sports hall (small) facilities
- A facility with one or more small sports halls, possibly in combination with other sports rooms, but without a large sports hall.
- Number of facilities
- Visits per week
- Total number of visits per week by people who practise a sport.
From 1997 onwards the figures only include facilities operated by
commercial operators.
- Sports hall (large) facilities
- A facility with one or more large sports halls, possibly in combination
with small sports halls or other sports rooms.- Number of facilities
- Visits per week
- Total number of visits per week by people who practise a sport.
From 1997 onwards the figures only include facilities operated by
commercial operators.
- Indoor tennis court facilities
- A facility with one or more indoor tennis courts, possibly in combination
with other sports rooms, but without a small sports hall and without a
large sports hall.- Number of facilities
- Visits per week
- Total number of visits per week by people who practise a sport.
From 1997 onwards the figures only include facilities operated by
commercial operators.
- Other indoor sports facilities
- A facility with one or more sports rooms (for example for bowling, squash, ice-skating or billiards), but without a small or large sports hall and without indoor tennis courts.
- Number of facilities
- Visits per week
- Total number of visits per week by people who practise a sport.
From 1997 onwards the figures only include facilities operated by
commercial operators.
- Type of operator
- Indoor sports facilities by type of operator: the local government or a
commercial operator. Shown as a percentage of the total number of
indoor sports facilities.- Local government
- Shown as a percentage of the total number of indoor sports facilities.
- Commercial operator
- Single-owner companies, partnership firms, public limited companies,
private companies, foundations and associations.
Shown as a percentage of the total number of indoor sports facilities.
- General sports halls and sports rooms
- Small sports halls
- A small sports hall is a multifunctional sports room equipped for more than one type of sport. The size of a small sports hall is less than 42 metres by 22 metres.
- Large sports halls
- A large sports hall is a multifunctional sports room equipped for more than one type of sport. The size of a large sports hall is at least 42 metres by 22 metres.
- Indoor ice-skating rinks
- Gymnasiums
- Specifically equipped sports rooms
- The courts and tables in sports rooms that are specifically equipped for just one type of sport.
- Total number of courts, tables, rooms
- Total number of tennis courts, squash courts, table-tennis tables, billiard tables, skittles alleys and bowling alleys in sports rooms that are specifically equipped for just one type of sport, plus the number of sports rooms specifically equipped for other sports than tennis, squash, skittles, bowling, table-tennis or billiards.
- Tennis courts
- Squash courts
- Skittles and bowling alleys
- Table-tennis tables
- Billiard tables
- Other courts, tables, rooms
- Including the number of sports rooms specifically equipped for other sports than tennis, squash, skittles, bowling, table-tennis or billiards.
- Outdoor sports facilities
- Type of facility and visits
- Outdoor sports facilities by type and the total number of visits per week of outdoor sports facilities by people who practise a sport.
Reference week for the visits: a week in September.- Total number of facilities
- Visits per week
- Total number of visits per week by people who practise a sport.
From 1997 onwards the figures only include facilities operated by
commercial operators.
- Football facilities
- Tennis facilities
- Fac. for one other field game
- For instance a facility with only pitches for hockey or only pitches for
korfball.
- Fac. for combinations of field games
- For instance a facility with pitches for hockey and pitches for football.
- Fac. for field games and other sports
- For instance a facility with pitches for hockey and a speed skating track.
- Fac. for only other outdoor sports
- For instance a golf course.
- Type of operator
- Outdoor sports facilities by type of operator: the local government or a
commercial operator. Shown as a percentage of the total number of
outdoor sports facilities.- Local government
- Shown as a percentage of the total number of outdoor sports facilities.
- Commercial operator
- Single-owner companies, partnership firms, public limited companies,
private companies, foundations and associations.
Shown as a percentage of the total number of outdoor sports facilities.
- Pitches, courts, tracks, etc.
- The pitches, tracks, courts, etc. on outdoor sports facilities that comply
with competition requirements.
Pitches, tracks, courts, etc. that can only be used for training purposes
are therefore excluded.- Total number of pitches, courts, etc.
- Football pitches
- Tennis courts
- Hockey pitches
- Korfball pitches
- Handball pitches
- Pitches for other field games
- For instance pitches for baseball, softball or cricket.
- Fields, tracks, etc. for other sports
- For instance athletics tracks, golf courses (number of holes), speed
skating tracks and cycling tracks.