| Sandown Legendary | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -26.098°N 28.06°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gauteng |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | City of Johannesburg |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Subdivision Name4: | Sandton |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.74 |
| Population Total: | 6354 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 35.9% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 3.0% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 18.0% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 39.8% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 3.3% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | English |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 62.6% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 5.0% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 5.0% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Tswana |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 3.2% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 24.3% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 2196 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 2031 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
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]
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.