Melbourne SCATS Topic Pages
Melbourne Traffic Volume by Year
The yearly total series is one of the strongest top-level evidence layers in the project. It shows long-term demand moving from approximately 40.23 billion cleaned movements in 2014 to approximately 50.52 billion in 2025.
2014 annual volume
≈ 40.23B
2025 annual volume
≈ 50.52B
2026 status
Partial to 2026-04-07
Total cleaned volume
539.02B
Analysis period
2014–2026
Best use
Annual public summary
Annual Volume Evidence
Annual totals are useful because they avoid over-focusing on single incidents or individual days. They show whether the entire measured network is getting heavier, lighter, or structurally different over time.
Annual Charts
Yearly Total Traffic
Annual cleaned movement totals across the Melbourne SCATS archive.
Monthly Year-on-Year Growth Rate
Monthly growth compared with the same month one year earlier.
Interpretation Caveats
The 2026 year is incomplete because the archive currently ends on 2026-04-07. The 2018-12 source gap should also be understood before using annual comparisons.