Chelsea Heights
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: #197
SCATS sites: 7
Postcode(s): 3175, 3196
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Suburb Map

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Chelsea Heights suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Chelsea Heights contains 7 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 805,778,678 vehicle movements, or approximately 805.8M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Chelsea Heights is Springvale / Mornington Peninsula Freeway, with 262,079,987 recorded movements across the historical period.

805.8MTotal mapped vehicle movements
7Mapped SCATS sites
#197Melbourne suburb movement rank
115,111,239Average 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 Chelsea Heights

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 280 Springvale / Mornington Peninsula Freeway
SPRINGVALE/MORNINGTON PENINSULA FWY		 262,079,987 262.1M 320 Map
2 281 Springvale / Wells / Edithvale
SPRINGVALE/WELLS/EDITHVALE		 196,104,794 196.1M 759 Map
3 101 Wells / Chelsea Heights Hotel
WELLS/CHELSEA HEIGHTS HOTEL		 89,142,646 89.1M 2557 Map
4 542 Wells / Enterprize
WELLS/ENTERPRIZE		 80,671,923 80.7M 2780 Map
5 967 Wells / Amaroo (South)
WELLS/AMAROO (SOUTH)		 76,182,768 76.2M 2884 Map
6 1976 Thames Promenade / Wells Road
Thames Promenade/Wells Road		 52,992,075 53.0M 3469 Map
7 1972 Thames Promenade / Mornington Peninsula Fwy
Thames Promenade/Mornington Peninsula Fwy		 48,604,485 48.6M 3579 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 Chelsea Heights. 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
    280 — Springvale / Mornington Peninsula Freeway
    SPRINGVALE/MORNINGTON PENINSULA FWY
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #320
    -38.026468, 145.132497
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  2. 2
    281 — Springvale / Wells / Edithvale
    SPRINGVALE/WELLS/EDITHVALE
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #759
    -38.027997, 145.131188
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  3. 3
    101 — Wells / Chelsea Heights Hotel
    WELLS/CHELSEA HEIGHTS HOTEL
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2557
    -38.029447, 145.131974
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  4. 4
    542 — Wells / Enterprize
    WELLS/ENTERPRIZE
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2780
    -38.033689, 145.134204
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  5. 5
    967 — Wells / Amaroo (South)
    WELLS/AMAROO (SOUTH)
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2884
    -38.038417, 145.136777
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  6. 6
    1976 — Thames Promenade / Wells Road
    Thames Promenade/Wells Road
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3469
    -38.044038, 145.139764
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  7. 7
    1972 — Thames Promenade / Mornington Peninsula Fwy
    Thames Promenade/Mornington Peninsula Fwy
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3579
    -38.043386, 145.141337
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Springvale / Mornington Peninsula Freeway
262,079,987 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Chelsea Heights ranks #197 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
280 Springvale / Mornington Peninsula Freeway SPRINGVALE/MORNINGTON PENINSULA FWY 262,079,987 3196 Open
281 Springvale / Wells / Edithvale SPRINGVALE/WELLS/EDITHVALE 196,104,794 3196 Open
101 Wells / Chelsea Heights Hotel WELLS/CHELSEA HEIGHTS HOTEL 89,142,646 3196 Open
542 Wells / Enterprize WELLS/ENTERPRIZE 80,671,923 3196 Open
967 Wells / Amaroo (South) WELLS/AMAROO (SOUTH) 76,182,768 3196 Open
1976 Thames Promenade / Wells Road Thames Promenade/Wells Road 52,992,075 3196 Open
1972 Thames Promenade / Mornington Peninsula Fwy Thames Promenade/Mornington Peninsula Fwy 48,604,485 3175 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