Dandenong North
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: #116
SCATS sites: 14
Postcode(s): 3175
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Suburb Map

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Dandenong North suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Dandenong North contains 14 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,540,639,075 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,540.6M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Dandenong North is Stud / Heatherton, with 218,221,370 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,540.6MTotal mapped vehicle movements
14Mapped SCATS sites
#116Melbourne suburb movement rank
110,045,648Average 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 Dandenong North

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 661 Stud / Heatherton
STUD/HEATHERTON		 218,221,370 218.2M 556 Map
2 710 STUD / MONASH Freeway RAMPS (NORTH)
STUD/MONASH FWY RAMPS (NORTH)		 206,770,344 206.8M 653 Map
3 662 Stud / Brady
STUD/BRADY		 200,229,308 200.2M 725 Map
4 267 Monash / Stud (South)
MONASH/STUD (SOUTH)		 193,019,524 193.0M 794 Map
5 657 Heatherton / Gladstone
HEATHERTON/GLADSTONE		 155,646,017 155.6M 1201 Map
6 1181 Heatherton / Link
HEATHERTON/LINK		 132,322,354 132.3M 1551 Map
7 1109 Eastlink / Police Interchange
EASTLINK/POLICE INTERCHANGE		 73,999,308 74.0M 2948 Map
8 2229 Heatherton Road west of Fisher Cresent
Heatherton Road west of Fisher Cresent		 68,994,160 69.0M 3085 Map
9 676 Gladstone / Brady
GLADSTONE/BRADY		 66,525,219 66.5M 3141 Map
10 490 Gladstone / Halton
GLADSTONE/HALTON		 54,570,422 54.6M 3425 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 Dandenong North. 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
    661 — Stud / Heatherton
    STUD/HEATHERTON
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #556
    -37.971028, 145.223471
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  2. 2
    710 — STUD / MONASH Freeway RAMPS (NORTH)
    STUD/MONASH FWY RAMPS (NORTH)
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #653
    -37.956922, 145.225975
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  3. 3
    662 — Stud / Brady
    STUD/BRADY
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #725
    -37.955694, 145.226217
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  4. 4
    267 — Monash / Stud (South)
    MONASH/STUD (SOUTH)
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #794
    -37.962745, 145.224853
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  5. 5
    657 — Heatherton / Gladstone
    HEATHERTON/GLADSTONE
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1201
    -37.968867, 145.20505
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  6. 6
    1181 — Heatherton / Link
    HEATHERTON/LINK
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1551
    -37.96792, 145.197495
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  7. 7
    1109 — Eastlink / Police Interchange
    EASTLINK/POLICE INTERCHANGE
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2948
    -37.938752, 145.206197
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  8. 8
    2229 — Heatherton Road west of Fisher Cresent
    Heatherton Road west of Fisher Cresent
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3085
    -37.969246, 145.20842
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  9. 9
    676 — Gladstone / Brady
    GLADSTONE/BRADY
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3141
    -37.953481, 145.207915
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  10. 10
    490 — Gladstone / Halton
    GLADSTONE/HALTON
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3425
    -37.956645, 145.207326
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  11. 11
    808 — Gladstone / Outlook
    GLADSTONE/OUTLOOK
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.940198, 145.210477
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  12. 12
    654 — GLADSTONE near O'MALLEYS
    GLADSTONE NR O'MALLEYS
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.964798, 145.205807
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  13. 13
    653 — GLADSTONE near GLADSVILLE
    GLADSTONE NR GLADSVILLE
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.957687, 145.207132
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  14. 14
    1802 — Police Road / Monash Fwy OB Entry Ramp
    Police Road / Monash Fwy OB Entry Ramp
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.937981, 145.196778
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Stud / Heatherton
218,221,370 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Dandenong North ranks #116 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
661 Stud / Heatherton STUD/HEATHERTON 218,221,370 3175 Open
710 STUD / MONASH Freeway RAMPS (NORTH) STUD/MONASH FWY RAMPS (NORTH) 206,770,344 3175 Open
662 Stud / Brady STUD/BRADY 200,229,308 3175 Open
267 Monash / Stud (South) MONASH/STUD (SOUTH) 193,019,524 3175 Open
657 Heatherton / Gladstone HEATHERTON/GLADSTONE 155,646,017 3175 Open
1181 Heatherton / Link HEATHERTON/LINK 132,322,354 3175 Open
1109 Eastlink / Police Interchange EASTLINK/POLICE INTERCHANGE 73,999,308 3175 Open
2229 Heatherton Road west of Fisher Cresent Heatherton Road west of Fisher Cresent 68,994,160 3175 Open
676 Gladstone / Brady GLADSTONE/BRADY 66,525,219 3175 Open
490 Gladstone / Halton GLADSTONE/HALTON 54,570,422 3175 Open
808 Gladstone / Outlook GLADSTONE/OUTLOOK 54,483,587 3175 Open
654 GLADSTONE near O'MALLEYS GLADSTONE NR O'MALLEYS 53,121,454 3175 Open
653 GLADSTONE near GLADSVILLE GLADSTONE NR GLADSVILLE 34,678,956 3175 Open
1802 Police Road / Monash Fwy OB Entry Ramp Police Road / Monash Fwy OB Entry Ramp 28,057,052 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