Burwood 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: #82
SCATS sites: 12
Postcode(s): 3151
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Burwood East contains 12 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,986,078,381 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,986.1M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Burwood East is BURWOOD Highway / BLACKBURN, with 254,344,384 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,986.1MTotal mapped vehicle movements
12Mapped SCATS sites
#82Melbourne suburb movement rank
165,506,531Average 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 Burwood East

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 162 BURWOOD Highway / BLACKBURN
BURWOOD HWY/BLACKBURN		 254,344,384 254.3M 353 Map
2 2008 BURWOOD Highway / MIDDLEBOROUGH
BURWOOD HWY/MIDDLEBOROUGH		 247,062,863 247.1M 383 Map
3 577 BURWOOD Highway / HOLLAND / K-MART ENT
BURWOOD HWY/HOLLAND/K-MART ENT		 224,865,163 224.9M 515 Map
4 161 BURWOOD Highway / LAKESIDE / WOODVALE
BURWOOD HWY/LAKESIDE/WOODVALE		 201,967,519 202.0M 706 Map
5 163 BURWOOD Highway / SEVENOAKS
BURWOOD HWY/SEVENOAKS		 187,677,542 187.7M 839 Map
6 165 BURWOOD Highway / SAFEWAY ENT / RSPCA ENT
BURWOOD HWY/SAFEWAY ENT/RSPCA ENT		 183,083,979 183.1M 887 Map
7 578 BURWOOD Highway near HIGHVIEW
BURWOOD HWY NR HIGHVIEW		 168,235,001 168.2M 1055 Map
8 167 BURWOOD Highway near BENWERRIN
BURWOOD HWY NR BENWERRIN		 151,936,587 151.9M 1256 Map
9 579 BURWOOD Highway near CROW
BURWOOD HWY NR CROW		 149,303,684 149.3M 1301 Map
10 356 Highbury / Blackburn
HIGHBURY/BLACKBURN		 146,248,274 146.2M 1346 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 Burwood 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
    162 — BURWOOD Highway / BLACKBURN
    BURWOOD HWY/BLACKBURN
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #353
    -37.852745, 145.151921
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  2. 2
    2008 — BURWOOD Highway / MIDDLEBOROUGH
    BURWOOD HWY/MIDDLEBOROUGH
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #383
    -37.852119, 145.132353
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  3. 3
    577 — BURWOOD Highway / HOLLAND / K-MART ENT
    BURWOOD HWY/HOLLAND/K-MART ENT
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #515
    -37.852324, 145.148705
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  4. 4
    161 — BURWOOD Highway / LAKESIDE / WOODVALE
    BURWOOD HWY/LAKESIDE/WOODVALE
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #706
    -37.854489, 145.165371
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  5. 5
    163 — BURWOOD Highway / SEVENOAKS
    BURWOOD HWY/SEVENOAKS
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #839
    -37.853654, 145.158269
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  6. 6
    165 — BURWOOD Highway / SAFEWAY ENT / RSPCA ENT
    BURWOOD HWY/SAFEWAY ENT/RSPCA ENT
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #887
    -37.85233, 145.134899
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  7. 7
    578 — BURWOOD Highway near HIGHVIEW
    BURWOOD HWY NR HIGHVIEW
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1055
    -37.852027, 145.146441
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  8. 8
    167 — BURWOOD Highway near BENWERRIN
    BURWOOD HWY NR BENWERRIN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1256
    -37.851444, 145.141829
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  9. 9
    579 — BURWOOD Highway near CROW
    BURWOOD HWY NR CROW
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1301
    -37.851746, 145.137583
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  10. 10
    356 — Highbury / Blackburn
    HIGHBURY/BLACKBURN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1346
    -37.859769, 145.150754
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  11. 11
    2070 — MIddleborough Rd / The Boulevard
    MIddleborough Rd / The Boulevard
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.848185, 145.13305
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  12. 12
    580 — HIGHBURY near NARMARA
    HIGHBURY NR NARMARA
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.858262, 145.137746
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

BURWOOD Highway / BLACKBURN
254,344,384 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Burwood East ranks #82 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
162 BURWOOD Highway / BLACKBURN BURWOOD HWY/BLACKBURN 254,344,384 3151 Open
2008 BURWOOD Highway / MIDDLEBOROUGH BURWOOD HWY/MIDDLEBOROUGH 247,062,863 3151 Open
577 BURWOOD Highway / HOLLAND / K-MART ENT BURWOOD HWY/HOLLAND/K-MART ENT 224,865,163 3151 Open
161 BURWOOD Highway / LAKESIDE / WOODVALE BURWOOD HWY/LAKESIDE/WOODVALE 201,967,519 3151 Open
163 BURWOOD Highway / SEVENOAKS BURWOOD HWY/SEVENOAKS 187,677,542 3151 Open
165 BURWOOD Highway / SAFEWAY ENT / RSPCA ENT BURWOOD HWY/SAFEWAY ENT/RSPCA ENT 183,083,979 3151 Open
578 BURWOOD Highway near HIGHVIEW BURWOOD HWY NR HIGHVIEW 168,235,001 3151 Open
167 BURWOOD Highway near BENWERRIN BURWOOD HWY NR BENWERRIN 151,936,587 3151 Open
579 BURWOOD Highway near CROW BURWOOD HWY NR CROW 149,303,684 3151 Open
356 Highbury / Blackburn HIGHBURY/BLACKBURN 146,248,274 3151 Open
2070 MIddleborough Rd / The Boulevard MIddleborough Rd / The Boulevard 71,353,281 3151 Open
580 HIGHBURY near NARMARA HIGHBURY NR NARMARA 104 3151 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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