Black Rock
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: #318
SCATS sites: 6
Postcode(s): 3193
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Suburb Map

This map provides geographic context for the suburb profile and the surrounding road network. For individual SCATS sensor locations, use the map links in the Top SCATS Sites and Sensor Inventory tables.

Black Rock suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Black Rock contains 6 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 326,073,202 vehicle movements, or approximately 326.1M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Black Rock is BEACH near BALCOMBE, with 76,458,296 recorded movements across the historical period.

326.1MTotal mapped vehicle movements
6Mapped SCATS sites
#318Melbourne suburb movement rank
54,345,533Average 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 Black Rock

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 4868 BEACH near BALCOMBE
BEACH NR BALCOMBE		 76,458,296 76.5M 2875 Map
2 3078 Balcombe Between Bluff And Ebden
BALCOMBE BETWEEN BLUFF AND EBDEN		 76,107,012 76.1M 2887 Map
3 3037 BEACH near BLUFF
BEACH NR BLUFF		 70,948,924 70.9M 3040 Map
4 3092 Bluff Between Balcombe And Karrakatta
BLUFF BETWEEN BALCOMBE AND KARRAKATTA		 66,416,283 66.4M 3143 Map
5 3033 BEACH near BAYVIEW
BEACH NR BAYVIEW		 36,142,673 36.1M 3856 Map
6 3103 BLUFF near ARKARINGA
BLUFF NR ARKARINGA		 14 0.0M 4637 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 Black Rock. 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: 6. 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
    4868 — BEACH near BALCOMBE
    BEACH NR BALCOMBE
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2875
    -37.976465, 145.016363
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  2. 2
    3078 — Balcombe Between Bluff And Ebden
    BALCOMBE BETWEEN BLUFF AND EBDEN
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2887
    -37.975585, 145.016824
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  3. 3
    3037 — BEACH near BLUFF
    BEACH NR BLUFF
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3040
    -37.97499, 145.015616
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  4. 4
    3092 — Bluff Between Balcombe And Karrakatta
    BLUFF BETWEEN BALCOMBE AND KARRAKATTA
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3143
    -37.974744, 145.016313
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  5. 5
    3033 — BEACH near BAYVIEW
    BEACH NR BAYVIEW
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3856
    -37.968088, 145.012195
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  6. 6
    3103 — BLUFF near ARKARINGA
    BLUFF NR ARKARINGA
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4637
    -37.969321, 145.017435
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

BEACH near BALCOMBE
76,458,296 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Black Rock ranks #318 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
4868 BEACH near BALCOMBE BEACH NR BALCOMBE 76,458,296 3193 Open
3078 Balcombe Between Bluff And Ebden BALCOMBE BETWEEN BLUFF AND EBDEN 76,107,012 3193 Open
3037 BEACH near BLUFF BEACH NR BLUFF 70,948,924 3193 Open
3092 Bluff Between Balcombe And Karrakatta BLUFF BETWEEN BALCOMBE AND KARRAKATTA 66,416,283 3193 Open
3033 BEACH near BAYVIEW BEACH NR BAYVIEW 36,142,673 3193 Open
3103 BLUFF near ARKARINGA BLUFF NR ARKARINGA 14 3193 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