Sandown, Gauteng

Sandown
Sandown  Sandown shown within South Africa
Location within Greater Johannesburg  Sandown
Coordinates: 26°05′53″S 28°03′36″E / 26.098°S 28.060°E / -26.098; 28.060Coordinates: 26°05′53″S 28°03′36″E / 26.098°S 28.060°E / -26.098; 28.060
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%
Postal code (street)	2196
PO box	2031

Sandown is an affluent suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, in Sandton. It is located in Region E. 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] 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.

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