Braeside
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: #234
SCATS sites: 6
Postcode(s): 3195
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Braeside contains 6 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 629,035,859 vehicle movements, or approximately 629.0M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Braeside is Lwr Dandenong / Ctr Dandenong, with 177,528,085 recorded movements across the historical period.

629.0MTotal mapped vehicle movements
6Mapped SCATS sites
#234Melbourne suburb movement rank
104,839,309Average 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 Braeside

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 944 Lwr Dandenong / Ctr Dandenong
LWR DANDENONG/CTR DANDENONG		 177,528,085 177.5M 942 Map
2 3147 Lower Dandenong / Woodlands
LOWER DANDENONG/WOODLANDS		 146,595,213 146.6M 1339 Map
3 3148 Lower Dandenong / Howard
LOWER DANDENONG/HOWARD		 130,376,101 130.4M 1593 Map
4 3149 LWR DANDENONG near WILLOW-GLEN
LWR DANDENONG NR WILLOW-GLEN		 113,121,474 113.1M 1966 Map
5 3288 Governor Road / Bate Drive
Governor Road / Bate Drive		 43,491,710 43.5M 3697 Map
6 1964 Mornington Peninsula Fwy Exit Ramp / Woodlands Drive
Mornington Peninsula Fwy Exit Ramp / Woodlands Drive		 17,923,276 17.9M 4217 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 Braeside. 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
    944 — Lwr Dandenong / Ctr Dandenong
    LWR DANDENONG/CTR DANDENONG
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #942
    -37.99058, 145.141983
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  2. 2
    3147 — Lower Dandenong / Woodlands
    LOWER DANDENONG/WOODLANDS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1339
    -37.987674, 145.117885
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  3. 3
    3148 — Lower Dandenong / Howard
    LOWER DANDENONG/HOWARD
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1593
    -37.987954, 145.120198
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  4. 4
    3149 — LWR DANDENONG near WILLOW-GLEN
    LWR DANDENONG NR WILLOW-GLEN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1966
    -37.988517, 145.124762
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  5. 5
    3288 — Governor Road / Bate Drive
    Governor Road / Bate Drive
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3697
    -38.009071, 145.119269
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  6. 6
    1964 — Mornington Peninsula Fwy Exit Ramp / Woodlands Drive
    Mornington Peninsula Fwy Exit Ramp / Woodlands Drive
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4217
    -37.988532, 145.117666
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Lwr Dandenong / Ctr Dandenong
177,528,085 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Braeside ranks #234 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
944 Lwr Dandenong / Ctr Dandenong LWR DANDENONG/CTR DANDENONG 177,528,085 3195 Open
3147 Lower Dandenong / Woodlands LOWER DANDENONG/WOODLANDS 146,595,213 3195 Open
3148 Lower Dandenong / Howard LOWER DANDENONG/HOWARD 130,376,101 3195 Open
3149 LWR DANDENONG near WILLOW-GLEN LWR DANDENONG NR WILLOW-GLEN 113,121,474 3195 Open
3288 Governor Road / Bate Drive Governor Road / Bate Drive 43,491,710 3195 Open
1964 Mornington Peninsula Fwy Exit Ramp / Woodlands Drive Mornington Peninsula Fwy Exit Ramp / Woodlands Drive 17,923,276 3195 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