Blackburn
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: #135
SCATS sites: 10
Postcode(s): 3130
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Blackburn contains 10 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,324,591,689 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,324.6M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Blackburn is Maroondah / Middleborough, with 193,891,100 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,324.6MTotal mapped vehicle movements
10Mapped SCATS sites
#135Melbourne suburb movement rank
132,459,168Average 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 Blackburn

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2208 Maroondah / Middleborough
MAROONDAH/MIDDLEBOROUGH		 193,891,100 193.9M 785 Map
2 115 Maroondah / Surrey
MAROONDAH/SURREY		 161,925,037 161.9M 1129 Map
3 842 CANTERBURY near ORCHARD
CANTERBURY NR ORCHARD		 146,006,232 146.0M 1351 Map
4 114 Whitehorse / Chapel
WHITEHORSE/CHAPEL		 145,990,624 146.0M 1352 Map
5 113 Maroondah / Station / Williams
MAROONDAH/STATION/WILLIAMS		 141,481,031 141.5M 1424 Map
6 585 Surrey / Springfield
SURREY/SPRINGFIELD		 126,705,411 126.7M 1660 Map
7 845 Canterbury / Glebe
CANTERBURY/GLEBE		 125,952,292 126.0M 1679 Map
8 354 Blackburn / South
BLACKBURN/SOUTH		 120,380,281 120.4M 1791 Map
9 1321 SURREY ROAD near COOTAMUNDRA CR
SURREY ROAD NR COOTAMUNDRA CR		 95,997,909 96.0M 2391 Map
10 328 Railway / Chapel
RAILWAY/CHAPEL		 66,261,772 66.3M 3150 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 Blackburn. 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
    2208 — Maroondah / Middleborough
    MAROONDAH/MIDDLEBOROUGH
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #785
    -37.819847, 145.138449
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  2. 2
    115 — Maroondah / Surrey
    MAROONDAH/SURREY
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1129
    -37.817724, 145.156218
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  3. 3
    842 — CANTERBURY near ORCHARD
    CANTERBURY NR ORCHARD
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1351
    -37.831713, 145.14712
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  4. 4
    114 — Whitehorse / Chapel
    WHITEHORSE/CHAPEL
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1352
    -37.817561, 145.154192
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  5. 5
    113 — Maroondah / Station / Williams
    MAROONDAH/STATION/WILLIAMS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1424
    -37.817404, 145.150342
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  6. 6
    585 — Surrey / Springfield
    SURREY/SPRINGFIELD
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1660
    -37.811038, 145.157702
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  7. 7
    845 — Canterbury / Glebe
    CANTERBURY/GLEBE
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1679
    -37.833815, 145.164263
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  8. 8
    354 — Blackburn / South
    BLACKBURN/SOUTH
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1791
    -37.82083, 145.152867
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  9. 9
    1321 — SURREY ROAD near COOTAMUNDRA CR
    SURREY ROAD NR COOTAMUNDRA CR
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2391
    -37.812748, 145.157339
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  10. 10
    328 — Railway / Chapel
    RAILWAY/CHAPEL
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3150
    -37.819371, 145.153843
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Maroondah / Middleborough
193,891,100 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Blackburn ranks #135 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
2208 Maroondah / Middleborough MAROONDAH/MIDDLEBOROUGH 193,891,100 3130 Open
115 Maroondah / Surrey MAROONDAH/SURREY 161,925,037 3130 Open
842 CANTERBURY near ORCHARD CANTERBURY NR ORCHARD 146,006,232 3130 Open
114 Whitehorse / Chapel WHITEHORSE/CHAPEL 145,990,624 3130 Open
113 Maroondah / Station / Williams MAROONDAH/STATION/WILLIAMS 141,481,031 3130 Open
585 Surrey / Springfield SURREY/SPRINGFIELD 126,705,411 3130 Open
845 Canterbury / Glebe CANTERBURY/GLEBE 125,952,292 3130 Open
354 Blackburn / South BLACKBURN/SOUTH 120,380,281 3130 Open
1321 SURREY ROAD near COOTAMUNDRA CR SURREY ROAD NR COOTAMUNDRA CR 95,997,909 3130 Open
328 Railway / Chapel RAILWAY/CHAPEL 66,261,772 3130 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