Eltham
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: #110
SCATS sites: 13
Postcode(s): 3093, 3095
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Suburb Map

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Eltham suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Eltham contains 13 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,579,978,667 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,580.0M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Eltham is Main / Fitzsimons, with 295,708,809 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,580.0MTotal mapped vehicle movements
13Mapped SCATS sites
#110Melbourne suburb movement rank
121,536,820Average 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 Eltham

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 984 Main / Fitzsimons
MAIN/FITZSIMONS		 295,708,809 295.7M 197 Map
2 717 MAIN near PRYOR
MAIN NR PRYOR		 188,059,733 188.1M 837 Map
3 712 Main / Bolton
MAIN/BOLTON		 169,892,038 169.9M 1032 Map
4 711 Main / Wattletree / Park West
MAIN/WATTLETREE/PARK WEST		 137,903,258 137.9M 1489 Map
5 713 Main / Diamond / Cecil
MAIN/DIAMOND/CECIL		 126,679,323 126.7M 1661 Map
6 714 Main / Dudley
MAIN/DUDLEY		 123,418,507 123.4M 1723 Map
7 715 Main / Bridge - Eltham
MAIN/BRIDGE - ELTHAM		 113,586,003 113.6M 1961 Map
8 990 Bridge / Silver
BRIDGE/SILVER		 94,741,061 94.7M 2426 Map
9 2111 MAIN near DALTON
MAIN NR DALTON		 87,323,199 87.3M 2599 Map
10 2112 MAIN near BAYFIELD
MAIN NR BAYFIELD		 74,516,079 74.5M 2932 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 Eltham. 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: 13. 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
    984 — Main / Fitzsimons
    MAIN/FITZSIMONS
    Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #197
    -37.733108, 145.13745
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  2. 2
    717 — MAIN near PRYOR
    MAIN NR PRYOR
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #837
    -37.71412, 145.148439
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  3. 3
    712 — Main / Bolton
    MAIN/BOLTON
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1032
    -37.732098, 145.134908
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  4. 4
    711 — Main / Wattletree / Park West
    MAIN/WATTLETREE/PARK WEST
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1489
    -37.704178, 145.154001
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  5. 5
    713 — Main / Diamond / Cecil
    MAIN/DIAMOND/CECIL
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1661
    -37.711897, 145.149014
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  6. 6
    714 — Main / Dudley
    MAIN/DUDLEY
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1723
    -37.715293, 145.148
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  7. 7
    715 — Main / Bridge - Eltham
    MAIN/BRIDGE - ELTHAM
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1961
    -37.719009, 145.146156
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  8. 8
    990 — Bridge / Silver
    BRIDGE/SILVER
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2426
    -37.71827, 145.139894
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  9. 9
    2111 — MAIN near DALTON
    MAIN NR DALTON
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2599
    -37.725294, 145.146777
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  10. 10
    2112 — MAIN near BAYFIELD
    MAIN NR BAYFIELD
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #2932
    -37.702782, 145.16652
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  11. 11
    1460 — BOLTON near GRAND
    BOLTON NR GRAND
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.720173, 145.13741
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  12. 12
    1167 — BOLTON ST near WITHERS ST
    BOLTON ST NR WITHERS ST
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.723283, 145.136482
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  13. 13
    1024 — Main / Leane
    MAIN/LEANE
    Lower-volume mapped site
    -37.703279, 145.161973
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Main / Fitzsimons
295,708,809 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Eltham ranks #110 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
984 Main / Fitzsimons MAIN/FITZSIMONS 295,708,809 3095 Open
717 MAIN near PRYOR MAIN NR PRYOR 188,059,733 3095 Open
712 Main / Bolton MAIN/BOLTON 169,892,038 3093 Open
711 Main / Wattletree / Park West MAIN/WATTLETREE/PARK WEST 137,903,258 3095 Open
713 Main / Diamond / Cecil MAIN/DIAMOND/CECIL 126,679,323 3095 Open
714 Main / Dudley MAIN/DUDLEY 123,418,507 3095 Open
715 Main / Bridge - Eltham MAIN/BRIDGE - ELTHAM 113,586,003 3095 Open
990 Bridge / Silver BRIDGE/SILVER 94,741,061 3095 Open
2111 MAIN near DALTON MAIN NR DALTON 87,323,199 3095 Open
2112 MAIN near BAYFIELD MAIN NR BAYFIELD 74,516,079 3095 Open
1460 BOLTON near GRAND BOLTON NR GRAND 72,476,042 3095 Open
1167 BOLTON ST near WITHERS ST BOLTON ST NR WITHERS ST 63,239,888 3095 Open
1024 Main / Leane MAIN/LEANE 32,434,727 3095 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