Brighton
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: #99
SCATS sites: 19
Postcode(s): 3186, 3187
I’m your local mate with a few trailers right next to The West Gate Freeway!

Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Brighton contains 19 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,689,496,552 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,689.5M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Brighton is Nepean / Bay / Milroy / Hampton, with 251,219,797 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,689.5MTotal mapped vehicle movements
19Mapped SCATS sites
#99Melbourne suburb movement rank
88,920,871Average 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

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2317 Nepean / Bay / Milroy / Hampton
NEPEAN/BAY/MILROY/HAMPTON		 251,219,797 251.2M 363 Map
2 3023 St Kilda / Martin
ST KILDA/MARTIN		 135,451,885 135.5M 1516 Map
3 3024 North / St Kilda
NORTH/ST KILDA		 132,966,502 133.0M 1541 Map
4 3028 South / Beach
SOUTH/BEACH		 121,803,242 121.8M 1762 Map
5 3632 South / Hampton
SOUTH/HAMPTON		 111,860,297 111.9M 1997 Map
6 3550 North / New
NORTH/NEW		 102,218,314 102.2M 2246 Map
7 3025 St Kilda / Bay
ST KILDA/BAY		 101,902,973 101.9M 2252 Map
8 3026 St Kilda / Grosvenor
ST KILDA/GROSVENOR		 100,533,493 100.5M 2290 Map
9 3027 Dendy / Esplanade
DENDY/ESPLANADE		 97,869,259 97.9M 2351 Map
10 3957 Dendy / Hampton
DENDY/HAMPTON		 93,245,027 93.2M 2457 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. 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: 19. 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
    2317 — Nepean / Bay / Milroy / Hampton
    NEPEAN/BAY/MILROY/HAMPTON
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #363
    -37.9064, 145.008372
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  2. 2
    3023 — St Kilda / Martin
    ST KILDA/MARTIN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1516
    -37.895707, 144.989927
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  3. 3
    3024 — North / St Kilda
    NORTH/ST KILDA
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1541
    -37.897785, 144.989537
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  4. 4
    3028 — South / Beach
    SOUTH/BEACH
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1762
    -37.927434, 144.988512
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  5. 5
    3632 — South / Hampton
    SOUTH/HAMPTON
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1997
    -37.929319, 145.004047
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  6. 6
    3550 — North / New
    NORTH/NEW
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2246
    -37.898324, 144.994311
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  7. 7
    3025 — St Kilda / Bay
    ST KILDA/BAY
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2252
    -37.903814, 144.988421
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  8. 8
    3026 — St Kilda / Grosvenor
    ST KILDA/GROSVENOR
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2290
    -37.909059, 144.986597
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  9. 9
    3027 — Dendy / Esplanade
    DENDY/ESPLANADE
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2351
    -37.918887, 144.987985
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  10. 10
    3957 — Dendy / Hampton
    DENDY/HAMPTON
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2457
    -37.920832, 145.005695
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  11. 11
    3568 — Hampton / Durrant / Cluden
    HAMPTON/DURRANT/CLUDEN
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.912367, 145.007238
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  12. 12
    3960 — Centre / Hampton
    CENTRE/HAMPTON
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.914637, 145.006857
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  13. 13
    2351 — New / Head
    NEW/HEAD
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.89231, 144.995455
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  14. 14
    3549 — NORTH near ST JAMES
    NORTH NR ST JAMES
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.898707, 144.997527
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  15. 15
    3950 — New / Martin
    NEW/MARTIN
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.896273, 144.994702
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  16. 16
    3631 — South / New
    SOUTH/NEW
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.928127, 144.994069
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  17. 17
    3718 — Bay / Male / Hillcrest
    BAY/MALE/HILLCREST
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.904736, 144.99646
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  18. 18
    3630 — SOUTH near ESPLANADE
    SOUTH NR ESPLANADE
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.927695, 144.990607
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  19. 19
    3958 — HAMPTON near WERE
    HAMPTON NR WERE
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.926594, 145.004549
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Nepean / Bay / Milroy / Hampton
251,219,797 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Brighton ranks #99 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
2317 Nepean / Bay / Milroy / Hampton NEPEAN/BAY/MILROY/HAMPTON 251,219,797 3186 Open
3023 St Kilda / Martin ST KILDA/MARTIN 135,451,885 3186 Open
3024 North / St Kilda NORTH/ST KILDA 132,966,502 3186 Open
3028 South / Beach SOUTH/BEACH 121,803,242 3186 Open
3632 South / Hampton SOUTH/HAMPTON 111,860,297 3186 Open
3550 North / New NORTH/NEW 102,218,314 3186 Open
3025 St Kilda / Bay ST KILDA/BAY 101,902,973 3186 Open
3026 St Kilda / Grosvenor ST KILDA/GROSVENOR 100,533,493 3186 Open
3027 Dendy / Esplanade DENDY/ESPLANADE 97,869,259 3186 Open
3957 Dendy / Hampton DENDY/HAMPTON 93,245,027 3186 Open
3568 Hampton / Durrant / Cluden HAMPTON/DURRANT/CLUDEN 72,815,044 3187 Open
3960 Centre / Hampton CENTRE/HAMPTON 69,016,931 3186 Open
2351 New / Head NEW/HEAD 66,637,410 3186 Open
3549 NORTH near ST JAMES NORTH NR ST JAMES 62,674,539 3186 Open
3950 New / Martin NEW/MARTIN 59,547,147 3186 Open
3631 South / New SOUTH/NEW 57,578,905 3186 Open
3718 Bay / Male / Hillcrest BAY/MALE/HILLCREST 52,155,579 3186 Open
3630 SOUTH near ESPLANADE SOUTH NR ESPLANADE 148 3186 Open
3958 HAMPTON near WERE HAMPTON NR WERE 60 3186 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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