Aspendale
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: #275
SCATS sites: 5
Postcode(s): 3195

Suburb Map

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Aspendale suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Aspendale contains 5 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 456,598,577 vehicle movements, or approximately 456.6M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Aspendale is Nepean / Lincoln, with 175,978,775 recorded movements across the historical period.

456.6MTotal mapped vehicle movements
5Mapped SCATS sites
#275Melbourne suburb movement rank
91,319,715Average 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 Aspendale

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 214 Nepean / Lincoln
NEPEAN/LINCOLN
175,978,775 176.0M 955 Map
2 211 Nepean / Station
NEPEAN/STATION
141,063,311 141.1M 1432 Map
3 213 NEPEAN near BAYVIEW
NEPEAN NR BAYVIEW
69,380,988 69.4M 3081 Map
4 2097 Nepean Highway near Park Lane
Nepean Highway near Park Lane
41,313,776 41.3M 3750 Map
5 1440 Station Street / Laura Street
Station Street / Laura Street
28,861,727 28.9M 4001 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 Aspendale. 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
    214 — Nepean / Lincoln
    NEPEAN/LINCOLN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #955
    -38.027673, 145.102367
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  2. 2
    211 — Nepean / Station
    NEPEAN/STATION
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1432
    -38.012126, 145.09014
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  3. 3
    213 — NEPEAN near BAYVIEW
    NEPEAN NR BAYVIEW
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3081
    -38.020298, 145.097172
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  4. 4
    2097 — Nepean Highway near Park Lane
    Nepean Highway near Park Lane
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3750
    -38.031196, 145.104152
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  5. 5
    1440 — Station Street / Laura Street
    Station Street / Laura Street
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4001
    -38.023969, 145.100418
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Nepean / Lincoln
175,978,775 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Aspendale ranks #275 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
214 Nepean / Lincoln NEPEAN/LINCOLN 175,978,775 3195 Open
211 Nepean / Station NEPEAN/STATION 141,063,311 3195 Open
213 NEPEAN near BAYVIEW NEPEAN NR BAYVIEW 69,380,988 3195 Open
2097 Nepean Highway near Park Lane Nepean Highway near Park Lane 41,313,776 3195 Open
1440 Station Street / Laura Street Station Street / Laura Street 28,861,727 3195 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