Sandown, Gauteng

Sandown is an affluent suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, in Sandton. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Sandown is both a residential and commercial area[2] and is home to the offices of many major national and international corporations as well as the Johannesburg Stock Exchange[3] in the area known as Sandton Central. The Gautrain rapid rail system's Sandton Station is located in Sandown,[4] linking Sandton to O.R. Tambo International Airport,[5] Johannesburg Central and the Capital City, Pretoria.[6]

Sandown
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Coordinates: 26.098°S 28.060°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Sandton
Area [1]
• Total	3.74 km^2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	6,354
• Density	1,700/km^2 (4,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	35.9%
• Coloured	3.0%
• Indian/Asian	18.0%
• White	39.8%
• Other	3.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	62.6%
• Afrikaans	5.0%
• Zulu	5.0%
• Tswana	3.2%
• Other	24.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2196
PO box	2031

Sandown is named after the town of Sandown, on the Isle of Wight, UK.[7]

Demographics

According to the South African National Census of 2001, 55.7% of the population were White, 35.4% Black African, 7.1% Indian or Asian and 1.8% Coloured.

65.5% spoke English, 7.8% Zulu, 6.0% Tswana, 5.0% Northern Sotho, 3.1% Afrikaans, 2.4% Xhosa, 2.1% Sotho, 1.7% Venda, 1.7% Tsonga, 0.8% Southern Ndebele. 0.4% Swazi and 3.4% some other language as their first language.

References

1. "Sub Place Sandown". Census 2011.
2. "Sandown - Seeff Properties."
3. "JSE Contact details"
4. "Gautrain Sandton Station."
5. "Gautrain O R Tambo Station."
6. "Gautrain Johannesburg Park Station."
7. "Final Draft, Sandton Urban Development Framework - A Brief History of Sandton". Sandton Central Management District. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2009.