Colac
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: #330
SCATS sites: 6
Postcode(s): 3250
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Suburb Map

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Colac suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Colac contains 6 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 277,188,274 vehicle movements, or approximately 277.2M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Colac is Phw (Murray) / Queen, with 54,992,793 recorded movements across the historical period.

277.2MTotal mapped vehicle movements
6Mapped SCATS sites
#330Melbourne suburb movement rank
46,198,045Average 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 Colac

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 5035 Phw (Murray) / Queen
PHW (MURRAY) / QUEEN		 54,992,793 55.0M 3415 Map
2 5033 Phw (Murray) / Corangamite
PHW (MURRAY)/CORANGAMITE		 53,938,175 53.9M 3444 Map
3 5105 Phw / Grant / Hart
PHW/GRANT/HART		 53,263,248 53.3M 3459 Map
4 5032 Phw (Murray) / Gellibrand
PHW (MURRAY)/GELLIBRAND		 47,846,575 47.8M 3601 Map
5 5030 PHW (MURRAY) near WOOD
PHW (MURRAY) NR WOOD		 38,863,502 38.9M 3799 Map
6 5034 PHW (MURRAY) near MCLENNAN
PHW (MURRAY) NR MCLENNAN		 28,283,981 28.3M 4010 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 Colac. 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: 6. 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
    5035 — Princes Hwy West (Murray) / Queen
    PRINCES HWY WEST (MURRAY) / QUEEN
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3415
    -38.339554, 143.59237
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  2. 2
    5033 — Princes Hwy West (Murray) / Corangamite
    PRINCES HWY WEST (MURRAY)/CORANGAMITE
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3444
    -38.339788, 143.584398
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  3. 3
    5105 — Princes Hwy West / Grant / Hart
    PRINCES HWY WEST/GRANT/HART
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3459
    -38.339299, 143.58166
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  4. 4
    5032 — Princes Hwy West (Murray) / Gellibrand
    PRINCES HWY WEST (MURRAY)/GELLIBRAND
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3601
    -38.33971, 143.587056
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  5. 5
    5030 — PRINCES HWY WEST (MURRAY) near WOOD
    PRINCES HWY WEST (MURRAY) NR WOOD
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3799
    -38.337572, 143.598429
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  6. 6
    5034 — PRINCES HWY WEST (MURRAY) near MCLENNAN
    PRINCES HWY WEST (MURRAY) NR MCLENNAN
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4010
    -38.336619, 143.567088
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Phw (Murray) / Queen
54,992,793 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Colac ranks #330 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
5035 Princes Hwy West (Murray) / Queen PRINCES HWY WEST (MURRAY) / QUEEN 54,992,793 3250 Open
5033 Princes Hwy West (Murray) / Corangamite PRINCES HWY WEST (MURRAY)/CORANGAMITE 53,938,175 3250 Open
5105 Princes Hwy West / Grant / Hart PRINCES HWY WEST/GRANT/HART 53,263,248 3250 Open
5032 Princes Hwy West (Murray) / Gellibrand PRINCES HWY WEST (MURRAY)/GELLIBRAND 47,846,575 3250 Open
5030 PRINCES HWY WEST (MURRAY) near WOOD PRINCES HWY WEST (MURRAY) NR WOOD 38,863,502 3250 Open
5034 PRINCES HWY WEST (MURRAY) near MCLENNAN PRINCES HWY WEST (MURRAY) NR MCLENNAN 28,283,981 3250 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