Greenock is a small town on the north-west edge of the

Barossa Valley The Barossa Valley (Barossa German: ''Barossa Tal'') is a valley in South Australia located northeast of Adelaide city centre. The valley is formed by the North Para River. It is notable as a major list of wine-producing regions, wine-producin ...

. Located 66 km from

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on the

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(A20), Greenock is characterised by tree-lined streets with shady peppercorn trees which offer welcome relief from the hot summers which are characteristic of the area. The town was named by James Smith, the secretary of

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, after

Greenock Greenock (; ; , ) is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The town is the administrative centre of Inverclyde Council. It is a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, and forms ...

on the

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and is sometimes called ''Little Scotland in the Barossa Valley''.Greenock
– Kapunda & Light Tourism (18 July 2008) The town is also located on the famous

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Residents

According to the 2016 Census the population of the Greenock census area was 1087 people. Of these 51.8% were male and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population. The median age of people in Greenock was 40 years and 84.4% were Australian born. The median weekly household income is A$1,568 per week, compared with $1,026 for South Australia overall. 35.7% of the population identify themselves as having no religion, while 25.7% identify as

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