Carrum
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: #299
SCATS sites: 7
Postcode(s): 3197
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Suburb Map

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Carrum suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Carrum contains 7 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 378,572,442 vehicle movements, or approximately 378.6M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Carrum is NEPEAN near STEPrinces Highway EastNS, with 107,963,964 recorded movements across the historical period.

378.6MTotal mapped vehicle movements
7Mapped SCATS sites
#299Melbourne suburb movement rank
54,081,777Average 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 Carrum

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 224 NEPEAN near STEPrinces Highway EastNS
NEPEAN NR STEPHENS		 107,963,964 108.0M 2095 Map
2 223 Station / Mcleod
STATION/MCLEOD		 104,123,433 104.1M 2197 Map
3 1833 Nepean Highway nr Osprey Lane
Nepean Highway nr Osprey Lane		 68,037,261 68.0M 3107 Map
4 1832 Nepean Highway nr Progress Avenue
Nepean Highway nr Progress Avenue		 51,504,297 51.5M 3502 Map
5 1831 Station Street near Walkers Road
Station Street near Walkers Road		 15,892,456 15.9M 4259 Map
6 1854 Eel Race Road at Station Street
Eel Race Road at Station Street		 15,848,578 15.8M 4260 Map
7 1834 Station Street south of Patterson River
Station Street south of Patterson River		 15,202,453 15.2M 4270 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 Carrum. 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: 7. 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
    224 — NEPEAN near Stephens
    NEPEAN NR STEPHENS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2095
    -38.074571, 145.122113
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  2. 2
    223 — Station / Mcleod
    STATION/MCLEOD
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2197
    -38.076361, 145.123194
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  3. 3
    1833 — Nepean Highway nr Osprey Lane
    Nepean Highway nr Osprey Lane
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3107
    -38.083846, 145.124278
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  4. 4
    1832 — Nepean Highway nr Progress Avenue
    Nepean Highway nr Progress Avenue
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3502
    -38.079502, 145.123228
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  5. 5
    1831 — Station Street near Walkers Road
    Station Street near Walkers Road
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4259
    -38.078586, 145.12369
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  6. 6
    1854 — Eel Race Road at Station Street
    Eel Race Road at Station Street
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4260
    -38.082074, 145.124661
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  7. 7
    1834 — Station Street south of Patterson River
    Station Street south of Patterson River
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4270
    -38.073772, 145.122396
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

NEPEAN near STEPrinces Highway EastNS
107,963,964 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Carrum ranks #299 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
224 NEPEAN near Stephens NEPEAN NR STEPHENS 107,963,964 3197 Open
223 Station / Mcleod STATION/MCLEOD 104,123,433 3197 Open
1833 Nepean Highway nr Osprey Lane Nepean Highway nr Osprey Lane 68,037,261 3197 Open
1832 Nepean Highway nr Progress Avenue Nepean Highway nr Progress Avenue 51,504,297 3197 Open
1831 Station Street near Walkers Road Station Street near Walkers Road 15,892,456 3197 Open
1854 Eel Race Road at Station Street Eel Race Road at Station Street 15,848,578 3197 Open
1834 Station Street south of Patterson River Station Street south of Patterson River 15,202,453 3197 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