Balwyn
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: #213
SCATS sites: 9
Postcode(s): 3103, 3127
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Balwyn contains 9 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 716,275,495 vehicle movements, or approximately 716.3M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Balwyn is WHITEHORSE near BRENBEAL, with 137,877,329 recorded movements across the historical period.

716.3MTotal mapped vehicle movements
9Mapped SCATS sites
#213Melbourne suburb movement rank
79,586,166Average 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 Balwyn

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 4064 WHITEHORSE near BRENBEAL
WHITEHORSE NR BRENBEAL		 137,877,329 137.9M 1490 Map
2 3824 WHITEHORSE near ROCHESTER
WHITEHORSE NR ROCHESTER		 130,631,253 130.6M 1586 Map
3 4063 Whitehorse / Balwyn
WHITEHORSE/BALWYN		 119,626,655 119.6M 1803 Map
4 4057 Balwyn / Belmore
BALWYN/BELMORE		 118,545,618 118.5M 1830 Map
5 3819 WHITEHORSE near AUSTIN
WHITEHORSE NR AUSTIN		 84,762,387 84.8M 2663 Map
6 4059 Belmore / Greythorn
BELMORE/GREYTHORN		 79,753,286 79.8M 2804 Map
7 3800 BELMORE near UNION
BELMORE NR UNION		 45,078,546 45.1M 3658 Map
8 4056 BELMORE near BUCHANAN
BELMORE NR BUCHANAN		 378 0.0M 4614 Map
9 4069 BALWYN near MILLAH
BALWYN NR MILLAH		 43 0.0M 4630 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 Balwyn. 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
    4064 — WHITEHORSE near BRENBEAL
    WHITEHORSE NR BRENBEAL
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1490
    -37.813442, 145.086313
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  2. 2
    3824 — WHITEHORSE near ROCHESTER
    WHITEHORSE NR ROCHESTER
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1586
    -37.813112, 145.083581
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  3. 3
    4063 — Whitehorse / Balwyn
    WHITEHORSE/BALWYN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1803
    -37.812842, 145.081344
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  4. 4
    4057 — Balwyn / Belmore
    BALWYN/BELMORE
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1830
    -37.80349, 145.08314
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  5. 5
    3819 — WHITEHORSE near AUSTIN
    WHITEHORSE NR AUSTIN
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2663
    -37.812163, 145.075683
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  6. 6
    4059 — Belmore / Greythorn
    BELMORE/GREYTHORN
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2804
    -37.803829, 145.097067
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  7. 7
    3800 — BELMORE near UNION
    BELMORE NR UNION
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3658
    -37.803787, 145.101864
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  8. 8
    4056 — BELMORE near BUCHANAN
    BELMORE NR BUCHANAN
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4614
    -37.802521, 145.075722
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  9. 9
    4069 — BALWYN near MILLAH
    BALWYN NR MILLAH
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4630
    -37.815665, 145.080808
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

WHITEHORSE near BRENBEAL
137,877,329 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Balwyn ranks #213 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
4064 WHITEHORSE near BRENBEAL WHITEHORSE NR BRENBEAL 137,877,329 3127 Open
3824 WHITEHORSE near ROCHESTER WHITEHORSE NR ROCHESTER 130,631,253 3103 Open
4063 Whitehorse / Balwyn WHITEHORSE/BALWYN 119,626,655 3103 Open
4057 Balwyn / Belmore BALWYN/BELMORE 118,545,618 3103 Open
3819 WHITEHORSE near AUSTIN WHITEHORSE NR AUSTIN 84,762,387 3103 Open
4059 Belmore / Greythorn BELMORE/GREYTHORN 79,753,286 3103 Open
3800 BELMORE near UNION BELMORE NR UNION 45,078,546 3103 Open
4056 BELMORE near BUCHANAN BELMORE NR BUCHANAN 378 3103 Open
4069 BALWYN near MILLAH BALWYN NR MILLAH 43 3103 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