Chirnside Park
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: #159
SCATS sites: 9
Postcode(s): 3116, 3140
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Chirnside Park contains 9 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,113,479,038 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,113.5M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Chirnside Park is Maroondah / Edward / Manchester, with 207,254,103 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,113.5MTotal mapped vehicle movements
9Mapped SCATS sites
#159Melbourne suburb movement rank
123,719,893Average 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 Chirnside Park

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 141 Maroondah / Edward / Manchester
MAROONDAH/EDWARD/MANCHESTER		 207,254,103 207.3M 645 Map
2 549 MAROONDAH Highway / OLD MELBOURNE / BUNNING
MAROONDAH HWY/OLD MELBOURNE/BUNNING		 207,173,626 207.2M 646 Map
3 157 MAROONDAH Highway / KIMBERLEY / FLETCHER
MAROONDAH HWY/KIMBERLEY/FLETCHER		 206,328,666 206.3M 657 Map
4 142 Maroondah / Victoria
MAROONDAH/VICTORIA		 166,031,994 166.0M 1081 Map
5 140 Maroondah / Black Springs
MAROONDAH/BLACK SPRINGS		 164,161,727 164.2M 1100 Map
6 155 Edward / Viewpoint
EDWARD/VIEWPOINT		 68,642,431 68.6M 3092 Map
7 3296 Victoria Rd / Switchback Rd / Nelson Rd
Victoria Rd / Switchback Rd / Nelson Rd		 35,459,137 35.5M 3874 Map
8 1880 Kimberley Drive / Black Springs Road
KIMBERLEY DRIVE / BLACK SPRINGS ROAD		 30,836,339 30.8M 3966 Map
9 1515 Edwards / Switchback
EDWARDS/SWITCHBACK		 27,591,015 27.6M 4027 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 Chirnside Park. 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
    141 — Maroondah / Edward / Manchester
    MAROONDAH/EDWARD/MANCHESTER
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #645
    -37.758434, 145.31589
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  2. 2
    549 — MAROONDAH Highway / OLD MELBOURNE / BUNNING
    MAROONDAH HWY/OLD MELBOURNE/BUNNING
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #646
    -37.765803, 145.303199
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  3. 3
    157 — MAROONDAH Highway / KIMBERLEY / FLETCHER
    MAROONDAH HWY/KIMBERLEY/FLETCHER
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #657
    -37.761358, 145.310585
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  4. 4
    142 — Maroondah / Victoria
    MAROONDAH/VICTORIA
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1081
    -37.761067, 145.334317
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  5. 5
    140 — Maroondah / Black Springs
    MAROONDAH/BLACK SPRINGS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1100
    -37.75887, 145.31317
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  6. 6
    155 — Edward / Viewpoint
    EDWARD/VIEWPOINT
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3092
    -37.757204, 145.316421
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  7. 7
    3296 — Victoria Rd / Switchback Rd / Nelson Rd
    Victoria Rd / Switchback Rd / Nelson Rd
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3874
    -37.745638, 145.337348
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  8. 8
    1880 — Kimberley Drive / Black Springs Road
    KIMBERLEY DRIVE / BLACK SPRINGS ROAD
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3966
    -37.75773, 145.311083
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  9. 9
    1515 — Edwards / Switchback
    EDWARDS/SWITCHBACK
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4027
    -37.743795, 145.31895
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Maroondah / Edward / Manchester
207,254,103 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Chirnside Park ranks #159 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
141 Maroondah / Edward / Manchester MAROONDAH/EDWARD/MANCHESTER 207,254,103 3116 Open
549 MAROONDAH Highway / OLD MELBOURNE / BUNNING MAROONDAH HWY/OLD MELBOURNE/BUNNING 207,173,626 3116 Open
157 MAROONDAH Highway / KIMBERLEY / FLETCHER MAROONDAH HWY/KIMBERLEY/FLETCHER 206,328,666 3116 Open
142 Maroondah / Victoria MAROONDAH/VICTORIA 166,031,994 3116 Open
140 Maroondah / Black Springs MAROONDAH/BLACK SPRINGS 164,161,727 3116 Open
155 Edward / Viewpoint EDWARD/VIEWPOINT 68,642,431 3116 Open
3296 Victoria Rd / Switchback Rd / Nelson Rd Victoria Rd / Switchback Rd / Nelson Rd 35,459,137 3140 Open
1880 Kimberley Drive / Black Springs Road KIMBERLEY DRIVE / BLACK SPRINGS ROAD 30,836,339 3116 Open
1515 Edwards / Switchback EDWARDS/SWITCHBACK 27,591,015 3116 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