Doveton
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: #274
SCATS sites: 4
Postcode(s): 3177
I’m your local mate with a few trailers right next to The West Gate Freeway!

Suburb Map

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Doveton suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Doveton contains 4 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 465,433,706 vehicle movements, or approximately 465.4M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Doveton is Monash / Heatherton (Nb Ramps), with 229,239,188 recorded movements across the historical period.

465.4MTotal mapped vehicle movements
4Mapped SCATS sites
#274Melbourne suburb movement rank
116,358,426Average 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 Doveton

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 614 Monash / Heatherton (Nb Ramps)
MONASH/HEATHERTON (NB RAMPS)		 229,239,188 229.2M 480 Map
2 606 Power / Paperbark / Box
POWER/PAPERBARK/BOX		 131,982,676 132.0M 1557 Map
3 616 POWER near ACER
POWER NR ACER		 68,974,101 69.0M 3087 Map
4 568 PAPERBARK near HAWTHORN
PAPERBARK NR HAWTHORN		 35,237,741 35.2M 3877 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 Doveton. 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: 4. 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
    614 — Monash / Heatherton (Nb Ramps)
    MONASH/HEATHERTON (NB RAMPS)
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #480
    -37.972445, 145.235991
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  2. 2
    606 — Power / Paperbark / Box
    POWER/PAPERBARK/BOX
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1557
    -37.995086, 145.23803
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  3. 3
    616 — POWER near ACER
    POWER NR ACER
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3087
    -37.985206, 145.239892
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  4. 4
    568 — PAPERBARK near HAWTHORN
    PAPERBARK NR HAWTHORN
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3877
    -37.995262, 145.240648
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Monash / Heatherton (Nb Ramps)
229,239,188 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Doveton ranks #274 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
614 Monash / Heatherton (Nb Ramps) MONASH/HEATHERTON (NB RAMPS) 229,239,188 3177 Open
606 Power / Paperbark / Box POWER/PAPERBARK/BOX 131,982,676 3177 Open
616 POWER near ACER POWER NR ACER 68,974,101 3177 Open
568 PAPERBARK near HAWTHORN PAPERBARK NR HAWTHORN 35,237,741 3177 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