Chelsea
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: #255
SCATS sites: 8
Postcode(s): 3196
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Suburb Map

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Chelsea suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Chelsea contains 8 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 539,083,779 vehicle movements, or approximately 539.1M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Chelsea is Nepean / Argyle / Maury, with 129,596,905 recorded movements across the historical period.

539.1MTotal mapped vehicle movements
8Mapped SCATS sites
#255Melbourne suburb movement rank
67,385,472Average 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

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 221 Nepean / Argyle / Maury
NEPEAN/ARGYLE/MAURY		 129,596,905 129.6M 1606 Map
2 218 Station Street South Of Chelsea Road
STATION ST SOUTH OF CHELSEA RD		 95,616,345 95.6M 2401 Map
3 212 NEPEAN near THE STRAND
NEPEAN NR THE STRAND		 87,458,137 87.5M 2595 Map
4 220 NEPEAN near SWANPOOL
NEPEAN NR SWANPOOL		 81,908,765 81.9M 2736 Map
5 510 NEPEAN Highway / AVONDALE AVE / STATION ST / THAMES PROMENADE
NEPEAN HWY/AVONDALE AVE/STATION ST/THAMES PROMENADE		 69,839,204 69.8M 3067 Map
6 2137 Nepean Highway Nth of Swansea Road
Nepean Highway Nth of Swansea Road		 33,971,176 34.0M 3903 Map
7 289 STATION near SWANPOOL
STATION NR SWANPOOL		 29,810,439 29.8M 3988 Map
8 2362 Thames Promenade / Scotch Parade
Thames Promenade / Scotch Parade		 10,882,808 10.9M 4353 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. 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
    221 — Nepean / Argyle / Maury
    NEPEAN/ARGYLE/MAURY
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1606
    -38.056045, 145.118292
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  2. 2
    218 — Station Street South Of Chelsea Road
    STATION ST SOUTH OF CHELSEA RD
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2401
    -38.051652, 145.11589
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  3. 3
    212 — NEPEAN near THE STRAND
    NEPEAN NR THE STRAND
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2595
    -38.052444, 145.115996
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  4. 4
    220 — NEPEAN near SWANPOOL
    NEPEAN NR SWANPOOL
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2736
    -38.047248, 145.113541
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  5. 5
    510 — NEPEAN Highway / AVONDALE AVE / STATION ST / THAMES PROMENADE
    NEPEAN HWY/AVONDALE AVE/STATION ST/THAMES PROMENADE
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3067
    -38.050609, 145.11562
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  6. 6
    2137 — Nepean Highway Nth of Swansea Road
    Nepean Highway Nth of Swansea Road
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3903
    -38.054278, 145.116863
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  7. 7
    289 — STATION near SWANPOOL
    STATION NR SWANPOOL
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3988
    -38.047116, 145.113963
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  8. 8
    2362 — Thames Promenade / Scotch Parade
    Thames Promenade / Scotch Parade
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4353
    -38.048034, 145.124682
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Nepean / Argyle / Maury
129,596,905 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Chelsea ranks #255 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
221 Nepean / Argyle / Maury NEPEAN/ARGYLE/MAURY 129,596,905 3196 Open
218 Station Street South Of Chelsea Road STATION ST SOUTH OF CHELSEA RD 95,616,345 3196 Open
212 NEPEAN near THE STRAND NEPEAN NR THE STRAND 87,458,137 3196 Open
220 NEPEAN near SWANPOOL NEPEAN NR SWANPOOL 81,908,765 3196 Open
510 NEPEAN Highway / AVONDALE AVE / STATION ST / THAMES PROMENADE NEPEAN HWY/AVONDALE AVE/STATION ST/THAMES PROMENADE 69,839,204 3196 Open
2137 Nepean Highway Nth of Swansea Road Nepean Highway Nth of Swansea Road 33,971,176 3196 Open
289 STATION near SWANPOOL STATION NR SWANPOOL 29,810,439 3196 Open
2362 Thames Promenade / Scotch Parade Thames Promenade / Scotch Parade 10,882,808 3196 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