Fairfield
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: #146
SCATS sites: 8
Postcode(s): 3071, 3078
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Suburb Map

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Executive Snapshot

Fairfield contains 8 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 1,202,255,656 vehicle movements, or approximately 1,202.3M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Fairfield is DAREBIN near ARTHUR, with 208,587,039 recorded movements across the historical period.

1,202.3MTotal mapped vehicle movements
8Mapped SCATS sites
#146Melbourne suburb movement rank
150,281,957Average 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 Fairfield

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#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 4652 DAREBIN near ARTHUR
DAREBIN NR ARTHUR		 208,587,039 208.6M 631 Map
2 4653 Grange / Wingrove
GRANGE/WINGROVE		 175,864,953 175.9M 956 Map
3 3306 Heidelberg / Station
HEIDELBERG/STATION		 164,574,541 164.6M 1095 Map
4 3269 STATION near DUNCAN
STATION NR DUNCAN		 152,013,026 152.0M 1254 Map
5 1150 Heidelberg / Westgarth
HEIDELBERG/WESTGARTH		 140,334,191 140.3M 1444 Map
6 4666 Darebin / John Cain Memorial Pk Access / Bunnings Access
DAREBIN / JOHN CAIN MEMORIAL PK ACCESS / BUNNINGS ACCESS		 128,319,262 128.3M 1635 Map
7 4671 Grange / Separation
GRANGE/SEPARATION		 124,611,806 124.6M 1698 Map
8 3268 Separation / Station
SEPARATION/STATION		 107,950,838 108.0M 2096 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 Fairfield. 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
    4652 — DAREBIN near ARTHUR
    DAREBIN NR ARTHUR
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #631
    -37.765683, 145.022262
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  2. 2
    4653 — Grange / Wingrove
    GRANGE/WINGROVE
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #956
    -37.779009, 145.025108
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  3. 3
    3306 — Heidelberg / Station
    HEIDELBERG/STATION
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1095
    -37.783363, 145.017391
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  4. 4
    3269 — STATION near DUNCAN
    STATION NR DUNCAN
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1254
    -37.777331, 145.018403
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  5. 5
    1150 — Heidelberg / Westgarth
    HEIDELBERG/WESTGARTH
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1444
    -37.783823, 145.014536
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  6. 6
    4666 — Darebin / John Cain Memorial Pk Access / Bunnings Access
    DAREBIN / JOHN CAIN MEMORIAL PK ACCESS / BUNNINGS ACCESS
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1635
    -37.765895, 145.024254
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  7. 7
    4671 — Grange / Separation
    GRANGE/SEPARATION
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1698
    -37.772479, 145.026286
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  8. 8
    3268 — Separation / Station
    SEPARATION/STATION
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #2096
    -37.771709, 145.019347
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Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

DAREBIN near ARTHUR
208,587,039 vehicle movements
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Suburb Rank

Fairfield ranks #146 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
4652 DAREBIN near ARTHUR DAREBIN NR ARTHUR 208,587,039 3071 Open
4653 Grange / Wingrove GRANGE/WINGROVE 175,864,953 3078 Open
3306 Heidelberg / Station HEIDELBERG/STATION 164,574,541 3078 Open
3269 STATION near DUNCAN STATION NR DUNCAN 152,013,026 3078 Open
1150 Heidelberg / Westgarth HEIDELBERG/WESTGARTH 140,334,191 3078 Open
4666 Darebin / John Cain Memorial Pk Access / Bunnings Access DAREBIN / JOHN CAIN MEMORIAL PK ACCESS / BUNNINGS ACCESS 128,319,262 3071 Open
4671 Grange / Separation GRANGE/SEPARATION 124,611,806 3078 Open
3268 Separation / Station SEPARATION/STATION 107,950,838 3078 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