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

Barossa Valley

The Barossa Valley is a major wine-producing region and tourist destination of South Australia, located 60 km northeast of Adelaide. It is the valley formed by the North Para River, and the Barossa Valley Way is the main road through the valley, connecting the main towns on the valley floor of...

. Located 66 km from Adelaide

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

 on the Sturt Highway

Sturt Highway

The Sturt Highway is an Australian highway in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. It is part of the Auslink National network and is part of the main highway route between Sydney and Adelaide.-Route:...

 (A20), Greenock is characterised by tree-lined streets with shady peppercorn trees which offer welcome relief from the blistering summers which are characteristic of the area.

The town was named by James Smith, the secretary of George Fifie Angas

George Angus

George Angus was an Australian rules footballer who played for and coached Collingwood in the VFL during the early 1900s.Angus was a late comer to the game, making his Collingwood debut at the age of 27 in 1902 having previously fought in the Boer War. He was a member of back to back premiership...

, after Greenock

Greenock

Greenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in United Kingdom, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland...

 on the Clyde River in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 and is sometimes called Little Scotland in the Barossa Valley. The town is also located on the famous Heysen Trail

Heysen Trail

The Heysen Trail is a long distance walking trail in South Australia. It runs from Parachilna Gorge, in the Flinders Ranges via the Adelaide Hills to Cape Jervis on the Fleurieu Peninsula and is approximately 1200 km in length....

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Residents

According to the 2006 Census the population of the Greenock census area was 685 people. Approximately 51.4% of the population were male, 82.9% are Australian born, over 92.6% of residents are Australian citizens and 0% were native born indigenous people. The most popular industries for employment were Beverage Manufacturing (17.4%), Packaging Services, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing and School Education (all 3.5%), while the unemployment rate is approx 5.3%. The median weekly household income is A$1,057 or more per week, compared with $924 in Adelaide. 29.6% of the population identify themselves as Lutheran, while a slightly lower 21.9% identify with no religion at all.