Alphington
Traffic Intelligence Profile

SCATS-based vehicle movement profile generated from the Melbourne SCATS Intelligence Platform. Historical signalised-intersection movement analysis covering 2014–2026.
Generated: 20 May 2026
Suburb rank: #186
SCATS sites: 6
Postcode(s): 3078
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Suburb Map

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Alphington suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Alphington contains 6 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 870,296,998 vehicle movements, or approximately 870.3M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Alphington is Heidelberg / Chandler / Grange, with 281,335,297 recorded movements across the historical period.

870.3MTotal mapped vehicle movements
6Mapped SCATS sites
#186Melbourne suburb movement rank
145,049,499Average movements per site
Interpretation: This profile should be read as a suburb-level movement exposure report based on mapped SCATS sensor locations. It is useful for local traffic reporting, OOH exposure review, planning discussion, business-location context and public-interest transport analysis.

Top SCATS Sites in Alphington

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 3308 Heidelberg / Chandler / Grange
HEIDELBERG/CHANDLER/GRANGE		 281,335,297 281.3M 242 Map
2 3318 GRANGE near EVANS
GRANGE NR EVANS		 223,514,091 223.5M 523 Map
3 2534 Chandler Hwy / Main Rd
Chandler Hwy / Main Rd		 124,554,990 124.6M 1699 Map
4 3309 Heidelberg / Yarralea
HEIDELBERG/YARRALEA		 111,569,991 111.6M 2002 Map
5 3307 HEIDELBERG near YARRAFORD
HEIDELBERG NR YARRAFORD		 106,758,446 106.8M 2129 Map
6 1928 Heidelberg Nr Harker
Heidelberg Nr Harker		 22,564,183 22.6M 4132 Map
Note: SCATS locations are assigned to suburbs using the latitude/longitude of each site. Boundary roads may influence nearby suburbs even when assigned to one suburb for repeatable reporting.

SCATS Sensor Map

This map shows the location of each mapped SCATS sensor associated with Alphington. Circle colours match the main full-network SCATS map. Click any circle to view the site name, movement total and a direct Google Maps link.

Interactive SCATS Sensor Map

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Traffic intensity circles
Red — Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide
Orange — Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide
Yellow — Middle-volume Melbourne-wide
Green — Lower-volume mapped site
Circle colours are based on each SCATS site's Melbourne-wide rank across the cleaned archive, not just its rank within this suburb. Circle size is scaled lightly by traffic intensity.

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Mapped SCATS sensors

  1. 1
    3308 — Heidelberg / Chandler / Grange
    HEIDELBERG/CHANDLER/GRANGE
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #242
    -37.781876, 145.025038
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  2. 2
    3318 — GRANGE near EVANS
    GRANGE NR EVANS
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #523
    -37.775044, 145.025824
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  3. 3
    2534 — Chandler Hwy / Main Rd
    Chandler Hwy / Main Rd
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1699
    -37.78332, 145.025467
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  4. 4
    3309 — Heidelberg / Yarralea
    HEIDELBERG/YARRALEA
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2002
    -37.780555, 145.032269
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  5. 5
    3307 — HEIDELBERG near YARRAFORD
    HEIDELBERG NR YARRAFORD
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2129
    -37.782604, 145.021471
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  6. 6
    1928 — Heidelberg Nr Harker
    Heidelberg Nr Harker
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4132
    -37.780987, 145.029948
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Heidelberg / Chandler / Grange
281,335,297 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Alphington ranks #186 among mapped Melbourne suburbs/localities by total SCATS movement volume in this generated suburb summary.

Likely Dominant Corridors

OOH and media relevance: Suburbs with concentrated SCATS movement corridors can be useful for billboard exposure review, local traffic journalism, corridor analysis and business-location intelligence.

SCATS Sensor Inventory

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SCATS IDFriendly nameOfficial nameTotal movementsPostcodeMap
3308 Heidelberg / Chandler / Grange HEIDELBERG/CHANDLER/GRANGE 281,335,297 3078 Open
3318 GRANGE near EVANS GRANGE NR EVANS 223,514,091 3078 Open
2534 Chandler Hwy / Main Rd Chandler Hwy / Main Rd 124,554,990 3078 Open
3309 Heidelberg / Yarralea HEIDELBERG/YARRALEA 111,569,991 3078 Open
3307 HEIDELBERG near YARRAFORD HEIDELBERG NR YARRAFORD 106,758,446 3078 Open
1928 Heidelberg Nr Harker Heidelberg Nr Harker 22,564,183 3078 Open

Methodology and Platform Context

This suburb profile is one local report generated from the wider Melbourne SCATS Intelligence platform. The platform converts more than 12 years of Melbourne traffic signal data into a public-facing transport intelligence layer covering historical movement totals, site rankings, corridor behaviour, suburb profiles, OOH exposure review, and reproducible data-quality evidence.

37,877,000,000Cleaned 15-minute SCATS observations
539,021,000,000Total cleaned vehicle movements analysed platform-wide
148/148Expected months processed in the reporting window
2014–2026Historical coverage window
How to read this suburb report: the suburb total shown earlier in this profile is this suburb’s portion of the mapped SCATS movement layer. The Melbourne-wide figures above describe the scale of the full platform, not this suburb alone. The suburb profile layer turns the city-wide dataset into 517 suburb/locality reports using 4,427 mapped SCATS sites.
Boundary caution: Some SCATS sensors sit on arterial roads, freeway interfaces or suburb boundaries. For repeatable reporting, each sensor is assigned to one suburb based on its coordinate. This makes the profiles reproducible, but nearby suburbs may still be affected by the same corridor.

Open-source project: https://github.com/clarketowson/melbourne-scats-intelligence

Generated by Melbourne SCATS Intelligence Platform · Clarke Towson, BCMS · Spotswood Trailers