Essendon 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: #327
SCATS sites: 4
Postcode(s): 3041
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Suburb Map

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Essendon North suburb map
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Executive Snapshot

Essendon North contains 4 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 297,002,072 vehicle movements, or approximately 297.0M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Essendon North is KEILOR near COOPER, with 100,377,277 recorded movements across the historical period.

297.0MTotal mapped vehicle movements
4Mapped SCATS sites
#327Melbourne suburb movement rank
74,250,518Average 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 Essendon North

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2791 KEILOR near COOPER
KEILOR NR COOPER		 100,377,277 100.4M 2294 Map
2 2727 KEILOR near BIRDWOOD
KEILOR NR BIRDWOOD		 70,597,389 70.6M 3051 Map
3 4191 KEILOR near GILLIES
KEILOR NR GILLIES		 64,473,389 64.5M 3200 Map
4 4193 KEILOR near MT ALEXANDER
KEILOR NR MT ALEXANDER		 61,554,017 61.6M 3261 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 Essendon 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
    2791 — KEILOR near COOPER
    KEILOR NR COOPER
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2294
    -37.740171, 144.899492
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  2. 2
    2727 — KEILOR near BIRDWOOD
    KEILOR NR BIRDWOOD
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3051
    -37.738752, 144.896052
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  3. 3
    4191 — KEILOR near GILLIES
    KEILOR NR GILLIES
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3200
    -37.741463, 144.902611
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  4. 4
    4193 — KEILOR near MT ALEXANDER
    KEILOR NR MT ALEXANDER
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3261
    -37.743702, 144.908156
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

KEILOR near COOPER
100,377,277 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Essendon North ranks #327 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
2791 KEILOR near COOPER KEILOR NR COOPER 100,377,277 3041 Open
2727 KEILOR near BIRDWOOD KEILOR NR BIRDWOOD 70,597,389 3041 Open
4191 KEILOR near GILLIES KEILOR NR GILLIES 64,473,389 3041 Open
4193 KEILOR near MT ALEXANDER KEILOR NR MT ALEXANDER 61,554,017 3041 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