Sandown, Gauteng

Sandown
Sandown
	Sandown Sandown
	Coordinates: 26.098°S 28.060°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Sandton
Area [1]
• Total	3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	6,354
• Density	1,700/km2 (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 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 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

"Sub Place Sandown". Census 2011.
"Sandown - Seeff Properties."
"JSE Contact details"
"Gautrain Sandton Station."
"Gautrain O R Tambo Station."
"Gautrain Johannesburg Park Station."
"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.

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[census2011-1] "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.