Ballarat East
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: #312
SCATS sites: 5
Postcode(s): 3350
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Suburb Map

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Ballarat East suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Ballarat East contains 5 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 354,720,630 vehicle movements, or approximately 354.7M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Ballarat East is Victoria / Princes, with 84,844,094 recorded movements across the historical period.

354.7MTotal mapped vehicle movements
5Mapped SCATS sites
#312Melbourne suburb movement rank
70,944,126Average 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 Ballarat East

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 5810 Victoria / Princes
VICTORIA/PRINCES		 84,844,094 84.8M 2662 Map
2 5807 Mair / Humffray
MAIR/HUMFFRAY		 75,553,171 75.6M 2908 Map
3 5808 Victoria / Queen
VICTORIA/QUEEN		 74,518,964 74.5M 2931 Map
4 5809 VICTORIA near KING & OTWAY
VICTORIA NR KING & OTWAY		 64,767,384 64.8M 3191 Map
5 5806 Victoria / Fussell / Water
VICTORIA/FUSSELL/WATER		 55,037,017 55.0M 3414 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 Ballarat East. 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.

Provider: Google Maps circle overlays · Sensors plotted: 5. For PDF export, you will usually get a better result by replacing this live map with a static PNG screenshot.

Mapped SCATS sensors

  1. 1
    5810 — Victoria / Princes
    VICTORIA/PRINCES
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2662
    -37.562054, 143.870353
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  2. 2
    5807 — Mair / Humffray
    MAIR/HUMFFRAY
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2908
    -37.560707, 143.86617
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  3. 3
    5808 — Victoria / Queen
    VICTORIA/QUEEN
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2931
    -37.560639, 143.877128
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  4. 4
    5809 — VICTORIA near KING & OTWAY
    VICTORIA NR KING & OTWAY
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3191
    -37.561494, 143.873424
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  5. 5
    5806 — Victoria / Fussell / Water
    VICTORIA/FUSSELL/WATER
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3414
    -37.558077, 143.891829
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Victoria / Princes
84,844,094 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Ballarat East ranks #312 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
5810 Victoria / Princes VICTORIA/PRINCES 84,844,094 3350 Open
5807 Mair / Humffray MAIR/HUMFFRAY 75,553,171 3350 Open
5808 Victoria / Queen VICTORIA/QUEEN 74,518,964 3350 Open
5809 VICTORIA near KING & OTWAY VICTORIA NR KING & OTWAY 64,767,384 3350 Open
5806 Victoria / Fussell / Water VICTORIA/FUSSELL/WATER 55,037,017 3350 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