Bayswater North
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: #96
SCATS sites: 9
Postcode(s): 3153
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Suburb Map

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Bayswater North suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Bayswater North contains 9 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,755,964,470 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,756.0M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Bayswater North is Dorset / Canterbury, with 253,161,615 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,756.0MTotal mapped vehicle movements
9Mapped SCATS sites
#96Melbourne suburb movement rank
195,107,163Average 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 Bayswater North

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 631 Dorset / Canterbury
DORSET/CANTERBURY		 253,161,615 253.2M 356 Map
2 860 Canterbury / Bayswater
CANTERBURY/BAYSWATER		 227,760,150 227.8M 488 Map
3 863 Canterbury / Colchester
CANTERBURY/COLCHESTER		 221,350,028 221.4M 534 Map
4 139 Canterbury / Bayfield
CANTERBURY/BAYFIELD		 203,598,210 203.6M 686 Map
5 158 Canterbury / Bunnings Hardware Access
CANTERBURY/BUNNINGS HARDWARE ACCESS		 193,420,053 193.4M 792 Map
6 3085 Canterbury / Ramsay
CANTERBURY/RAMSAY		 184,448,137 184.4M 879 Map
7 889 BAYSWATER near GLEN PARK
BAYSWATER NR GLEN PARK		 161,379,467 161.4M 1134 Map
8 859 Canterbury / Gatwick
CANTERBURY/GATWICK		 160,466,104 160.5M 1143 Map
9 1123 Dorset / Clipsal
DORSET/CLIPSAL		 150,380,706 150.4M 1281 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 Bayswater North. 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
    631 — Dorset / Canterbury
    DORSET/CANTERBURY
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #356
    -37.826034, 145.287587
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  2. 2
    860 — Canterbury / Bayswater
    CANTERBURY/BAYSWATER
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #488
    -37.832267, 145.26931
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  3. 3
    863 — Canterbury / Colchester
    CANTERBURY/COLCHESTER
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #534
    -37.821538, 145.304287
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  4. 4
    139 — Canterbury / Bayfield
    CANTERBURY/BAYFIELD
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #686
    -37.827894, 145.28214
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  5. 5
    158 — Canterbury / Bunnings Hardware Access
    CANTERBURY/BUNNINGS HARDWARE ACCESS
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #792
    -37.828805, 145.279466
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  6. 6
    3085 — Canterbury / Ramsay
    CANTERBURY/RAMSAY
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #879
    -37.830297, 145.275086
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  7. 7
    889 — BAYSWATER near GLEN PARK
    BAYSWATER NR GLEN PARK
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1134
    -37.834534, 145.270549
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  8. 8
    859 — Canterbury / Gatwick
    CANTERBURY/GATWICK
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1143
    -37.82362, 145.296565
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  9. 9
    1123 — Dorset / Clipsal
    DORSET/CLIPSAL
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1281
    -37.832098, 145.287317
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Dorset / Canterbury
253,161,615 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Bayswater North ranks #96 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
631 Dorset / Canterbury DORSET/CANTERBURY 253,161,615 3153 Open
860 Canterbury / Bayswater CANTERBURY/BAYSWATER 227,760,150 3153 Open
863 Canterbury / Colchester CANTERBURY/COLCHESTER 221,350,028 3153 Open
139 Canterbury / Bayfield CANTERBURY/BAYFIELD 203,598,210 3153 Open
158 Canterbury / Bunnings Hardware Access CANTERBURY/BUNNINGS HARDWARE ACCESS 193,420,053 3153 Open
3085 Canterbury / Ramsay CANTERBURY/RAMSAY 184,448,137 3153 Open
889 BAYSWATER near GLEN PARK BAYSWATER NR GLEN PARK 161,379,467 3153 Open
859 Canterbury / Gatwick CANTERBURY/GATWICK 160,466,104 3153 Open
1123 Dorset / Clipsal DORSET/CLIPSAL 150,380,706 3153 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