Brunswick 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: #88
SCATS sites: 16
Postcode(s): 3056, 3057
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Brunswick East contains 16 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,833,717,133 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,833.7M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Brunswick East is Brunswick / Lygon, with 191,232,543 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,833.7MTotal mapped vehicle movements
16Mapped SCATS sites
#88Melbourne suburb movement rank
114,607,320Average 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 Brunswick East

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 3113 Brunswick / Lygon
BRUNSWICK/LYGON		 191,232,543 191.2M 811 Map
2 4023 Nicholson / Arthurton / Blyth
NICHOLSON/ARTHURTON/BLYTH		 164,563,194 164.6M 1096 Map
3 4028 HOLMES near DONALD
HOLMES NR DONALD		 162,233,406 162.2M 1127 Map
4 3115 Brunswick / Nicholson / Holden
BRUNSWICK/NICHOLSON/HOLDEN		 151,870,168 151.9M 1259 Map
5 4020 Lygon / Glenlyon
LYGON/GLENLYON		 144,070,305 144.1M 1382 Map
6 3114 BRUNSWICK near RATHDOWNE
BRUNSWICK NR RATHDOWNE		 139,928,831 139.9M 1455 Map
7 4017 Lygon / Blyth
LYGON/BLYTH		 127,038,862 127.0M 1656 Map
8 4021 LYGON near WESTON
LYGON NR WESTON		 123,771,748 123.8M 1715 Map
9 4007 Lygon / Albion / Holmes
LYGON/ALBION/HOLMES		 105,124,703 105.1M 2177 Map
10 1723 Brunswick Street at Canning Street
Brunswick Street at Canning Street		 103,679,748 103.7M 2207 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 Brunswick 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
    3113 — Brunswick / Lygon
    BRUNSWICK/LYGON
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #811
    -37.778293, 144.970696
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  2. 2
    4023 — Nicholson / Arthurton / Blyth
    NICHOLSON/ARTHURTON/BLYTH
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1096
    -37.767347, 144.980231
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  3. 3
    4028 — HOLMES near DONALD
    HOLMES NR DONALD
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1127
    -37.759346, 144.974411
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  4. 4
    3115 — Brunswick / Nicholson / Holden
    BRUNSWICK/NICHOLSON/HOLDEN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1259
    -37.779071, 144.97825
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  5. 5
    4020 — Lygon / Glenlyon
    LYGON/GLENLYON
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1382
    -37.772661, 144.9715
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  6. 6
    3114 — BRUNSWICK near RATHDOWNE
    BRUNSWICK NR RATHDOWNE
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1455
    -37.778486, 144.972538
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  7. 7
    4017 — Lygon / Blyth
    LYGON/BLYTH
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1656
    -37.766559, 144.972592
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  8. 8
    4021 — LYGON near WESTON
    LYGON NR WESTON
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1715
    -37.775531, 144.971052
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  9. 9
    4007 — Lygon / Albion / Holmes
    LYGON/ALBION/HOLMES
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2177
    -37.762034, 144.973347
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  10. 10
    1723 — Brunswick Street at Canning Street
    Brunswick Street at Canning Street
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2207
    -37.778849, 144.976
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  11. 11
    4018 — Lygon / Victoria
    LYGON/VICTORIA
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.768136, 144.972308
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  12. 12
    3792 — NICHOLSON near ALBERT
    NICHOLSON NR ALBERT
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.770328, 144.979738
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  13. 13
    4019 — LYGON near ALBERT
    LYGON NR ALBERT
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.769504, 144.97206
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  14. 14
    3782 — LYGON near STEWART
    LYGON NR STEWART
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.764206, 144.973009
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  15. 15
    3796 — NICHOLSON near HARRISON
    NICHOLSON NR HARRISON
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.764347, 144.979763
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  16. 16
    3155 — Nicholson Street / Sumner Street
    Nicholson Street/Sumner Street
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.772181, 144.979447
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Brunswick / Lygon
191,232,543 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Brunswick East ranks #88 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
3113 Brunswick / Lygon BRUNSWICK/LYGON 191,232,543 3057 Open
4023 Nicholson / Arthurton / Blyth NICHOLSON/ARTHURTON/BLYTH 164,563,194 3057 Open
4028 HOLMES near DONALD HOLMES NR DONALD 162,233,406 3056 Open
3115 Brunswick / Nicholson / Holden BRUNSWICK/NICHOLSON/HOLDEN 151,870,168 3057 Open
4020 Lygon / Glenlyon LYGON/GLENLYON 144,070,305 3057 Open
3114 BRUNSWICK near RATHDOWNE BRUNSWICK NR RATHDOWNE 139,928,831 3057 Open
4017 Lygon / Blyth LYGON/BLYTH 127,038,862 3057 Open
4021 LYGON near WESTON LYGON NR WESTON 123,771,748 3057 Open
4007 Lygon / Albion / Holmes LYGON/ALBION/HOLMES 105,124,703 3057 Open
1723 Brunswick Street at Canning Street Brunswick Street at Canning Street 103,679,748 3057 Open
4018 Lygon / Victoria LYGON/VICTORIA 95,402,700 3057 Open
3792 NICHOLSON near ALBERT NICHOLSON NR ALBERT 88,173,047 3057 Open
4019 LYGON near ALBERT LYGON NR ALBERT 79,649,880 3057 Open
3782 LYGON near STEWART LYGON NR STEWART 75,132,676 3057 Open
3796 NICHOLSON near HARRISON NICHOLSON NR HARRISON 46,307,718 3057 Open
3155 Nicholson Street / Sumner Street Nicholson Street/Sumner Street 35,537,604 3057 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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