Drysdale
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: #332
SCATS sites: 5
Postcode(s): 3222
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Drysdale contains 5 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 273,394,790 vehicle movements, or approximately 273.4M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Drysdale is GEELONG-PORTARLINGTON near EVERSLEY, with 111,134,892 recorded movements across the historical period.

273.4MTotal mapped vehicle movements
5Mapped SCATS sites
#332Melbourne suburb movement rank
54,678,958Average 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 Drysdale

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 5121 GEELONG-PORTARLINGTON near EVERSLEY
GEELONG-PORTARLINGTON NR EVERSLEY		 111,134,892 111.1M 2018 Map
2 5410 Portarlington Road / Grubb Road / Anderson Road
PORTARLINGTON RD/GRUBB RD/ANDERSON RD		 60,103,969 60.1M 3287 Map
3 5123 Clifton Springs / Hancock
CLIFTON SPRINGS/HANCOCK		 38,780,881 38.8M 3804 Map
4 5412 Portarlington / High / Reserve / Jetty
PORTARLINGTON/HIGH/RESERVE/JETTY		 36,222,820 36.2M 3853 Map
5 5349 Jetty Road / Railway Cresent
Jetty Road / Railway Cresent		 27,152,228 27.2M 4037 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 Drysdale. 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
    5121 — GEELONG-PORTARLINGTON near EVERSLEY
    GEELONG-PORTARLINGTON NR EVERSLEY
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2018
    -38.174154, 144.569432
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  2. 2
    5410 — Portarlington Road / Grubb Road / Anderson Road
    PORTARLINGTON RD/GRUBB RD/ANDERSON RD
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3287
    -38.185489, 144.550565
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  3. 3
    5123 — Clifton Springs / Hancock
    CLIFTON SPRINGS/HANCOCK
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3804
    -38.172315, 144.570975
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  4. 4
    5412 — Portarlington / High / Reserve / Jetty
    PORTARLINGTON/HIGH/RESERVE/JETTY
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3853
    -38.181823, 144.553026
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  5. 5
    5349 — Jetty Road / Railway Cresent
    Jetty Road / Railway Cresent
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #4037
    -38.178537, 144.551269
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

GEELONG-PORTARLINGTON near EVERSLEY
111,134,892 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Drysdale ranks #332 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
5121 GEELONG-PORTARLINGTON near EVERSLEY GEELONG-PORTARLINGTON NR EVERSLEY 111,134,892 3222 Open
5410 Portarlington Road / Grubb Road / Anderson Road PORTARLINGTON RD/GRUBB RD/ANDERSON RD 60,103,969 3222 Open
5123 Clifton Springs / Hancock CLIFTON SPRINGS/HANCOCK 38,780,881 3222 Open
5412 Portarlington / High / Reserve / Jetty PORTARLINGTON/HIGH/RESERVE/JETTY 36,222,820 3222 Open
5349 Jetty Road / Railway Cresent Jetty Road / Railway Cresent 27,152,228 3222 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