Ashwood
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: #192
SCATS sites: 7
Postcode(s): 3147
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Ashwood contains 7 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 841,122,882 vehicle movements, or approximately 841.1M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Ashwood is WARRIGAL near FAKENHAM, with 254,874,910 recorded movements across the historical period.

841.1MTotal mapped vehicle movements
7Mapped SCATS sites
#192Melbourne suburb movement rank
120,160,411Average 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 Ashwood

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 3686 WARRIGAL near FAKENHAM
WARRIGAL NR FAKENHAM		 254,874,910 254.9M 350 Map
2 970 Warrigal / High Street Road
WARRIGAL/HIGH ST RD		 209,083,298 209.1M 625 Map
3 3687 WARRIGAL near POULTER
WARRIGAL NR POULTER		 150,168,239 150.2M 1286 Map
4 460 High Street Road / Vannam / Jordan
HIGH ST RD/VANNAM/JORDAN		 102,821,958 102.8M 2226 Map
5 473 HIGH ST RD near TECK
HIGH ST RD NR TECK		 68,040,996 68.0M 3106 Map
6 1479 High St Rd near Winbirra Pde
High St Rd near Winbirra Pde		 56,133,472 56.1M 3391 Map
7 470 HUNTINGDALE near ROCKLANDS
HUNTINGDALE NR ROCKLANDS		 9 0.0M 4642 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 Ashwood. 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
    3686 — WARRIGAL near FAKENHAM
    WARRIGAL NR FAKENHAM
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #350
    -37.86289, 145.093377
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  2. 2
    970 — Warrigal / High Street Road
    WARRIGAL/HIGH ST RD
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #625
    -37.865765, 145.092803
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  3. 3
    3687 — WARRIGAL near POULTER
    WARRIGAL NR POULTER
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1286
    -37.864317, 145.093117
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  4. 4
    460 — High Street Road / Vannam / Jordan
    HIGH ST RD/VANNAM/JORDAN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2226
    -37.866912, 145.102667
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  5. 5
    473 — HIGH ST RD near TECK
    HIGH ST RD NR TECK
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3106
    -37.867325, 145.106691
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  6. 6
    1479 — High St Rd near Winbirra Pde
    High St Rd near Winbirra Pde
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3391
    -37.866705, 145.100846
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  7. 7
    470 — HUNTINGDALE near ROCKLANDS
    HUNTINGDALE NR ROCKLANDS
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4642
    -37.863908, 145.112476
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

WARRIGAL near FAKENHAM
254,874,910 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Ashwood ranks #192 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
3686 WARRIGAL near FAKENHAM WARRIGAL NR FAKENHAM 254,874,910 3147 Open
970 Warrigal / High Street Road WARRIGAL/HIGH ST RD 209,083,298 3147 Open
3687 WARRIGAL near POULTER WARRIGAL NR POULTER 150,168,239 3147 Open
460 High Street Road / Vannam / Jordan HIGH ST RD/VANNAM/JORDAN 102,821,958 3147 Open
473 HIGH ST RD near TECK HIGH ST RD NR TECK 68,040,996 3147 Open
1479 High St Rd near Winbirra Pde High St Rd near Winbirra Pde 56,133,472 3147 Open
470 HUNTINGDALE near ROCKLANDS HUNTINGDALE NR ROCKLANDS 9 3147 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