Brighton East
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: #50
SCATS sites: 16
Postcode(s): 3162, 3187
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Brighton East contains 16 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 2,907,895,563 vehicle movements, or approximately 2,907.9M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Brighton East is Nepean / Cummins / Patterson, with 403,381,671 recorded movements across the historical period.

2,907.9MTotal mapped vehicle movements
16Mapped SCATS sites
#50Melbourne suburb movement rank
181,743,472Average 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 Brighton East

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2337 Nepean / Cummins / Patterson
NEPEAN/CUMMINS/PATTERSON		 403,381,671 403.4M 48 Map
2 2336 Nepean / Dendy
NEPEAN/DENDY		 368,801,497 368.8M 79 Map
3 2320 Nepean / Centre
NEPEAN/CENTRE		 347,501,419 347.5M 101 Map
4 2321 Nepean / Marriage / Thomas
NEPEAN/MARRIAGE/THOMAS		 332,405,549 332.4M 129 Map
5 2319 Nepean / Hawthorn
NEPEAN/HAWTHORN		 314,547,233 314.5M 162 Map
6 2335 NEPEAN near ARNOT
NEPEAN NR ARNOT		 194,054,063 194.1M 783 Map
7 3553 North / Hawthorn
NORTH/HAWTHORN		 178,304,857 178.3M 936 Map
8 3551 North / Kooyong
NORTH/KOOYONG		 170,142,820 170.1M 1028 Map
9 3634 South / Bluff / Cummins
SOUTH/BLUFF/CUMMINS		 148,075,190 148.1M 1310 Map
10 3552 NORTH near LANDCOX
NORTH NR LANDCOX		 125,831,809 125.8M 1682 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 Brighton East. 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
    2337 — Nepean / Cummins / Patterson
    NEPEAN/CUMMINS/PATTERSON
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #48
    -37.924902, 145.026256
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  2. 2
    2336 — Nepean / Dendy
    NEPEAN/DENDY
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #79
    -37.922877, 145.024464
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  3. 3
    2320 — Nepean / Centre
    NEPEAN/CENTRE
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #101
    -37.915897, 145.018118
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  4. 4
    2321 — Nepean / Marriage / Thomas
    NEPEAN/MARRIAGE/THOMAS
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #129
    -37.920695, 145.022318
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  5. 5
    2319 — Nepean / Hawthorn
    NEPEAN/HAWTHORN
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #162
    -37.914639, 145.016837
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  6. 6
    2335 — NEPEAN near ARNOT
    NEPEAN NR ARNOT
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #783
    -37.912331, 145.014213
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  7. 7
    3553 — North / Hawthorn
    NORTH/HAWTHORN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #936
    -37.901356, 145.019185
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  8. 8
    3551 — North / Kooyong
    NORTH/KOOYONG
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1028
    -37.900524, 145.012215
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  9. 9
    3634 — South / Bluff / Cummins
    SOUTH/BLUFF/CUMMINS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1310
    -37.931929, 145.025717
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  10. 10
    3552 — NORTH near LANDCOX
    NORTH NR LANDCOX
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1682
    -37.900939, 145.015694
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  11. 11
    3959 — Centre / Thomas
    CENTRE/THOMAS
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.91659, 145.023234
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  12. 12
    3633 — SOUTH near HAMPTON
    SOUTH NR HAMPTON
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.92966, 145.006915
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  13. 13
    2386 — Thomas Street near Union Street
    Thomas Street near Union Street
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.910612, 145.024203
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  14. 14
    3546 — Hawthorn / Union
    HAWTHORN/UNION
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.908468, 145.017861
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  15. 15
    3962 — HAWTHORN near CLIVE
    HAWTHORN NR CLIVE
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.913414, 145.017047
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  16. 16
    3961 — HAWTHORN near CHARLES
    HAWTHORN NR CHARLES
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.905155, 145.018459
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Nepean / Cummins / Patterson
403,381,671 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Brighton East ranks #50 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
2337 Nepean / Cummins / Patterson NEPEAN/CUMMINS/PATTERSON 403,381,671 3187 Open
2336 Nepean / Dendy NEPEAN/DENDY 368,801,497 3187 Open
2320 Nepean / Centre NEPEAN/CENTRE 347,501,419 3187 Open
2321 Nepean / Marriage / Thomas NEPEAN/MARRIAGE/THOMAS 332,405,549 3187 Open
2319 Nepean / Hawthorn NEPEAN/HAWTHORN 314,547,233 3187 Open
2335 NEPEAN near ARNOT NEPEAN NR ARNOT 194,054,063 3187 Open
3553 North / Hawthorn NORTH/HAWTHORN 178,304,857 3187 Open
3551 North / Kooyong NORTH/KOOYONG 170,142,820 3162 Open
3634 South / Bluff / Cummins SOUTH/BLUFF/CUMMINS 148,075,190 3187 Open
3552 NORTH near LANDCOX NORTH NR LANDCOX 125,831,809 3187 Open
3959 Centre / Thomas CENTRE/THOMAS 92,953,725 3187 Open
3633 SOUTH near HAMPTON SOUTH NR HAMPTON 65,234,731 3187 Open
2386 Thomas Street near Union Street Thomas Street near Union Street 46,505,558 3187 Open
3546 Hawthorn / Union HAWTHORN/UNION 44,196,220 3187 Open
3962 HAWTHORN near CLIVE HAWTHORN NR CLIVE 40,420,946 3187 Open
3961 HAWTHORN near CHARLES HAWTHORN NR CHARLES 35,538,275 3187 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

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