Baxter
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: #367
SCATS sites: 2
Postcode(s): 3911
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Suburb Map

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Baxter suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Baxter contains 2 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 173,252,685 vehicle movements, or approximately 173.3M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Baxter is Frankston-Flinders / Penlink, with 124,327,897 recorded movements across the historical period.

173.3MTotal mapped vehicle movements
2Mapped SCATS sites
#367Melbourne suburb movement rank
86,626,342Average 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 Baxter

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 1305 Frankston-Flinders / Penlink
FRANKSTON-FLINDERS/PENLINK		 124,327,897 124.3M 1703 Map
2 1508 BAXTER-TOORADIN RD near THOMAS
BAXTER-TOORADIN RD NR THOMAS		 48,924,788 48.9M 3571 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 Baxter. 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
    1305 — Frankston-Flinders / Penlink
    FRANKSTON-FLINDERS/PENLINK
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1703
    -38.197355, 145.150152
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  2. 2
    1508 — BAXTER-TOORADIN RD near THOMAS
    BAXTER-TOORADIN RD NR THOMAS
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3571
    -38.19526, 145.157284
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Frankston-Flinders / Penlink
124,327,897 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Baxter ranks #367 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
1305 Frankston-Flinders / Penlink FRANKSTON-FLINDERS/PENLINK 124,327,897 3911 Open
1508 BAXTER-TOORADIN RD near THOMAS BAXTER-TOORADIN RD NR THOMAS 48,924,788 3911 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