Carlton North
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: #128
SCATS sites: 9
Postcode(s): 3052, 3053, 3054
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Carlton North contains 9 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,450,810,159 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,450.8M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Carlton North is Cemetery / College, with 325,961,212 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,450.8MTotal mapped vehicle movements
9Mapped SCATS sites
#128Melbourne suburb movement rank
161,201,128Average 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 Carlton North

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 4382 Cemetery / College
CEMETERY/COLLEGE		 325,961,212 326.0M 136 Map
2 4380 Cemetery / Lygon / Princes
CEMETERY/LYGON/PRINCES		 322,074,065 322.1M 146 Map
3 4421 Nicholson / Scotchmer / Pigdon
NICHOLSON/SCOTCHMER/PIGDON		 272,994,763 273.0M 280 Map
4 1044 Royal / Walker
ROYAL/WALKER		 142,578,927 142.6M 1406 Map
5 4423 Lygon / Pigdon
LYGON/PIGDON		 112,846,837 112.8M 1975 Map
6 4426 Nicholson / Richardson / Reid
NICHOLSON/RICHARDSON/REID		 101,638,123 101.6M 2264 Map
7 4223 NICHOLSON near FREEMAN
NICHOLSON NR FREEMAN		 89,699,402 89.7M 2548 Map
8 4422 Rathdowne / Pigdon
RATHDOWNE/PIGDON		 42,885,904 42.9M 3707 Map
9 4429 RATHDOWNE near NEWRY
RATHDOWNE NR NEWRY		 40,130,926 40.1M 3777 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 Carlton North. 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
    4382 — Cemetery / College
    CEMETERY/COLLEGE
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #136
    -37.791734, 144.961079
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  2. 2
    4380 — Cemetery / Lygon / Princes
    CEMETERY/LYGON/PRINCES
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #146
    -37.792238, 144.968424
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  3. 3
    4421 — Nicholson / Scotchmer / Pigdon
    NICHOLSON/SCOTCHMER/PIGDON
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #280
    -37.782645, 144.977657
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  4. 4
    1044 — Royal / Walker
    ROYAL/WALKER
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1406
    -37.784723, 144.959398
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  5. 5
    4423 — Lygon / Pigdon
    LYGON/PIGDON
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1975
    -37.781819, 144.970131
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  6. 6
    4426 — Nicholson / Richardson / Reid
    NICHOLSON/RICHARDSON/REID
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2264
    -37.78515, 144.977205
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  7. 7
    4223 — NICHOLSON near FREEMAN
    NICHOLSON NR FREEMAN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2548
    -37.789689, 144.976349
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  8. 8
    4422 — Rathdowne / Pigdon
    RATHDOWNE/PIGDON
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3707
    -37.782144, 144.973094
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  9. 9
    4429 — RATHDOWNE near NEWRY
    RATHDOWNE NR NEWRY
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3777
    -37.789461, 144.971889
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Cemetery / College
325,961,212 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Carlton North ranks #128 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
4382 Cemetery / College CEMETERY/COLLEGE 325,961,212 3054 Open
4380 Cemetery / Lygon / Princes CEMETERY/LYGON/PRINCES 322,074,065 3053 Open
4421 Nicholson / Scotchmer / Pigdon NICHOLSON/SCOTCHMER/PIGDON 272,994,763 3054 Open
1044 Royal / Walker ROYAL/WALKER 142,578,927 3052 Open
4423 Lygon / Pigdon LYGON/PIGDON 112,846,837 3054 Open
4426 Nicholson / Richardson / Reid NICHOLSON/RICHARDSON/REID 101,638,123 3054 Open
4223 NICHOLSON near FREEMAN NICHOLSON NR FREEMAN 89,699,402 3054 Open
4422 Rathdowne / Pigdon RATHDOWNE/PIGDON 42,885,904 3054 Open
4429 RATHDOWNE near NEWRY RATHDOWNE NR NEWRY 40,130,926 3054 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