Altona
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: #199
SCATS sites: 6
Postcode(s): 3018, 3025
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Suburb Map

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Altona suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Altona contains 6 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 788,943,231 vehicle movements, or approximately 788.9M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Altona is Pfw Sb Ramps / Kororoit Creek, with 204,537,984 recorded movements across the historical period.

788.9MTotal mapped vehicle movements
6Mapped SCATS sites
#199Melbourne suburb movement rank
131,490,538Average 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 Altona

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 3483 Pfw Sb Ramps / Kororoit Creek
PFW SB RAMPS/KOROROIT CREEK		 204,537,984 204.5M 674 Map
2 3480 Kororoit Ck / Maidstone
KOROROIT CK/MAIDSTONE		 163,866,433 163.9M 1106 Map
3 3899 Kororoit Creek / Burns
KOROROIT CREEK/BURNS		 146,773,389 146.8M 1332 Map
4 3904 Kororoit Creek / Dow Chemical / Prixcar
KOROROIT CREEK/DOW CHEMICAL/PRIXCAR		 127,182,991 127.2M 1652 Map
5 3482 Kororoit Creek / Drake
KOROROIT CREEK/DRAKE		 88,808,431 88.8M 2567 Map
6 3484 MAIDSTONE near GATE 6
MAIDSTONE NR GATE 6		 57,774,003 57.8M 3349 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 Altona. 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
    3483 — Pfw Sb Ramps / Kororoit Creek
    PFW SB RAMPS/KOROROIT CREEK
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #674
    -37.844857, 144.788732
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  2. 2
    3480 — Kororoit Ck / Maidstone
    KOROROIT CK/MAIDSTONE
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1106
    -37.847244, 144.809415
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  3. 3
    3899 — Kororoit Creek / Burns
    KOROROIT CREEK/BURNS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1332
    -37.844997, 144.790741
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  4. 4
    3904 — Kororoit Creek / Dow Chemical / Prixcar
    KOROROIT CREEK/DOW CHEMICAL/PRIXCAR
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1652
    -37.846642, 144.804427
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  5. 5
    3482 — Kororoit Creek / Drake
    KOROROIT CREEK/DRAKE
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2567
    -37.850019, 144.833791
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  6. 6
    3484 — MAIDSTONE near GATE 6
    MAIDSTONE NR GATE 6
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3349
    -37.849471, 144.809
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Pfw Sb Ramps / Kororoit Creek
204,537,984 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Altona ranks #199 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
3483 Pfw Sb Ramps / Kororoit Creek PFW SB RAMPS/KOROROIT CREEK 204,537,984 3018 Open
3480 Kororoit Ck / Maidstone KOROROIT CK/MAIDSTONE 163,866,433 3018 Open
3899 Kororoit Creek / Burns KOROROIT CREEK/BURNS 146,773,389 3025 Open
3904 Kororoit Creek / Dow Chemical / Prixcar KOROROIT CREEK/DOW CHEMICAL/PRIXCAR 127,182,991 3018 Open
3482 Kororoit Creek / Drake KOROROIT CREEK/DRAKE 88,808,431 3025 Open
3484 MAIDSTONE near GATE 6 MAIDSTONE NR GATE 6 57,774,003 3018 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