Stockport is a small town 73 kilometres (45 mi) north of Adelaide and 9.3 kilometres (5.8 mi) south of Tarlee in South Australia.

It was laid out on section 1283, Hundred of Light in 1845 by Samuel Stocks junior, naming it for his birthplace, Stockport in Cheshire (now Greater Manchester), England.

[2] On the southern boundary of the Clare & Gilbert Valleys Council area, it was once the heart of a small farming community.

[4] The Charles Todd Observatory, topped by a 7.5 metre dome, was built at Stockport c. 1970.

[5] Glenhaven Park Camp, an adventure park operated by the YMCA,[citation needed] is located off Ayliffe Bridge Road at Stockport (34°21′36″S 138°44′13″E / 34.360°S 138.737°E / -34.360; 138.737).