Canterbury
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: #205
SCATS sites: 5
Postcode(s): 3126
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Suburb Map

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Canterbury suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Canterbury contains 5 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 769,388,776 vehicle movements, or approximately 769.4M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Canterbury is CANTERBURY near ROCHESTER, with 283,602,821 recorded movements across the historical period.

769.4MTotal mapped vehicle movements
5Mapped SCATS sites
#205Melbourne suburb movement rank
153,877,755Average 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 Canterbury

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 3128 CANTERBURY near ROCHESTER
CANTERBURY NR ROCHESTER		 283,602,821 283.6M 238 Map
2 3127 Canterbury / Balwyn
CANTERBURY/BALWYN		 150,476,228 150.5M 1280 Map
3 3124 CANTERBURY near CHAUCER
CANTERBURY NR CHAUCER		 117,702,095 117.7M 1858 Map
4 4066 Balwyn / Mont Albert
BALWYN/MONT ALBERT		 113,483,327 113.5M 1963 Map
5 3123 CANTERBURY near MANGARRA
CANTERBURY NR MANGARRA		 104,124,305 104.1M 2196 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 Canterbury. 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
    3128 — CANTERBURY near ROCHESTER
    CANTERBURY NR ROCHESTER
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #238
    -37.824002, 145.080953
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  2. 2
    3127 — Canterbury / Balwyn
    CANTERBURY/BALWYN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1280
    -37.823802, 145.079251
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  3. 3
    3124 — CANTERBURY near CHAUCER
    CANTERBURY NR CHAUCER
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1858
    -37.822865, 145.070979
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  4. 4
    4066 — Balwyn / Mont Albert
    BALWYN/MONT ALBERT
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1963
    -37.81832, 145.0803
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  5. 5
    3123 — CANTERBURY near MANGARRA
    CANTERBURY NR MANGARRA
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2196
    -37.82249, 145.068911
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

CANTERBURY near ROCHESTER
283,602,821 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Canterbury ranks #205 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
3128 CANTERBURY near ROCHESTER CANTERBURY NR ROCHESTER 283,602,821 3126 Open
3127 Canterbury / Balwyn CANTERBURY/BALWYN 150,476,228 3126 Open
3124 CANTERBURY near CHAUCER CANTERBURY NR CHAUCER 117,702,095 3126 Open
4066 Balwyn / Mont Albert BALWYN/MONT ALBERT 113,483,327 3126 Open
3123 CANTERBURY near MANGARRA CANTERBURY NR MANGARRA 104,124,305 3126 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